India, June 6 -- The 42nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar passed off peacefully at Akal Takht on Saturday amid tight security. Addressing the gathering from the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj called upon the global Sikh diaspora to stay rooted to their homeland, while raising concerns over the treatment of the community outside the state.

Following the bhog of the Akhand Path (uninterrupted recitation of Guru Granth Sahib) and Gurbani kirtan, prayers were offered to pay tribute to those killed during the 1984 military action. A large gathering of Sikh hardliners displayed pro-Khalistan flags and posters of slain militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his aides, raising slogans bef...