India, Nov. 11 -- Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra on Tuesday said Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's mention of Operation Blue Star in her book was akin to "rubbing salt in the wounds" of the Sikh community.

In her tell-all memoir, "Belonging: A Journey of Love", the former Congress president said that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots remain a "tragic and shameful" chapter in the country's history.

Malhotra said, "Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has written in her book that after Operation Blue Star, former prime minister Indira Gandhi was distressed upon seeing the pictures of Swarn Mandir Sahib and Akal Takht Sahib. This statement is contrary to the facts. It is like rubbing salt in the wounds of the Sikh community."

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