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#WATCH | Delhi: On CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi recounting Operation Blue Star in her memoir, 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', BJP leader HS Phoolka says, "I got several phone calls from media. They said Sonia Gandhi has written that during the 1984 Sikh massacre, the Army was called on 31st October itself. I have purchased the book to read whether this is indeed written in the book. If this is written in the book, it is against the records. It is absolutely false. As per the official record by the Commission, by the Govt, Army was called in on the evening of 1st November and the Army arrived only on the evening of 2nd November. In its report, Misra Commission stated that 5000 Army personnel were available within Delhi and they were not deployed. Misra Commission stated that had they been deployed, lives of 2000 Sikhs could have been saved. So, I will read the book and show that whatever falsehood has been written, it has been written to mislead people." On former PM Indira Gandhi’s tearful reaction to Op Blue Star, as mentioned in the memoir, he says, "...This doesn't seem to be true. In September, Justice Tarkunde's team wrote a fact-finding report on Operation Blue Star. Actual postmortem report was included in the report. The entire team was arrested and the report was banned...If you look at the actual facts, you won't find any regrets or tears. It might be crocodile tears."