Episode 36 - Never before heard stories from man who led Operation Blue Star - Lt Gen Kuldip Singh Brar
ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash
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The Feeling of Calisthan in Punjab
There was a cult built up around Bindranwale. The state administration and the state police forces were totally dysfunctional. A DIG of police as you know was killed and just thrown outside the Golden Temple. He had become like a Frankenstein. His orders were the last orders. So things were very, very bad there. In fact, in the beginning of 1984, the feeling was very strong that they are going to declare Calisthan. All his tapes, his speeches were all that we are not with India. This is the Hindu Raj, Gandhi Raj, Indira Gandhi Raj, Vr Sikhs. Their blood and our blood does similar. We must have our own state"
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