“This giving of military advice was not repeated...and the Cabinet Secretary found no evidence of any other assistance such as equipment or training,” he added.
Britain's only Sikh MP, Paul Uppal, spoke in the Commons to stress that the report makes clear that the UK played no “malicious” role in Operation Bluestar.
He called on the government to work with Sikh groups and the Indian High Commission for a “process of truth and reconciliation so that the community can finally begin to feel a sense of justice”.
A few months after Operation Bluestar that left more than 1,000 people dead, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in a revenge attack.
