Chidambaram says Operation Blue Star was a mistake:Former Union Minister claims, 'Indira Gandhi paid price with her life; this decision was not hers alone'

P. Chidambaram has served as a Union Minister twice in the Congress government. File photo

Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram said, 'Operation Blue Star, launched in June 1984 to flush out militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, was a 'wrong approach'. The then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi paid the price for this mistake with her life. However, this decision was not solely Indira Gandhi's.'

This is the second major statement on Operation Blue Star in the last 6 months. Earlier, on May 4, a video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi went viral. In it, he was seen saying that the 1984 Operation Blue Star was a mistake. I am ready to take responsibility for whatever mistakes the Congress made in the 80s.

Actually, P. Chidambaram had reached Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. Here,