Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said that Operation Blue Star was the “wrong way” to “retrieve” the Golden Temple , adding that late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi “paid with her life for that”.

The former home minister made these remarks while moderating a discussion on “They Will Shoot You, Madam: My Life Through Conflict” by author Harinder Baweja at a literature fest in Himachal Pradesh. The statement was in response to the author’s comment that Indira Gandhi paid with her life for the decision.

He said, “No disrespect to any military officers here, but that (Blue Star) was the wrong way to retrieve the Golden Temple.”

The 80-year-old Congress leader added, “A few years later, we showed the right way to retrieve the Golden Temple by keeping out the Army.”

“Blue Star was t

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