He frames the military action not as an assault on a religion, but as a final, necessary step after the total breakdown of law and order in Punjab. Reception and Controversy The book has received mixed reactions over the decades:
Brar writes: “The attack on the Golden Temple complex was led and executed overwhelmingly by Sikh officers and soldiers.” He uses this argument to dismantle the narrative of a "Hindu army desecrating a Sikh shrine." He claims that the militants were the ones who desecrated the shrine by bringing weapons into the Harimandir Sahib (the abode of God), forcing the army to act as a "cleaning agent." operation blue star book k s brar top