30-05-2025
To observe 41 years of Operation Bluestar on June 6, Sikh group Dal Khalsa calls for shutdown in Amritsar
Amritsar: Observing the 41st anniversary of Operation Bluestar, carried out by the Army to flush out militants from Golden Temple in June 1984, radical Sikh body Dal Khalsa announced plans to undertake a "Genocide Remembrance March" on June 5 and called for a complete shutdown in Amritsar on June 6.
Dal Khalsa working president Paramjit Singh Mand and secretary for political affairs Kanwar Pal Singh, in a joint statement issued here on Thursday, said that leaders and representatives of Akali Dal, Amritsar, Panth Sewak Jatha, various Akali factions, and youth bodies would join the march. They also maintained that the shutdown call was meant to protest against the Army assault, adding that the 'bandh' would be peaceful and urged all sections of people to cooperate with their call.
The march would start from Gurdwara Burj Akali Phoola Singh at 5pm and will culminate at Akal Takht, where ardas would be performed.
