UK MP takes note of India Today story on Sundown. Seeks statement in House of Commons

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UK's Labour Party MP takes note of India Today story on Operation Sundown, to seek statement in House of Commons

India Today Online  New Delhi, February 1, 2014 | UPDATED 16:47 IST

Labour Party MP Tom Watson on Saturday said he wanted "an urgent statement" in the House of Commons on Monday on an India Today magazine on the role of British special forces in Operation Sundown.
The India Today story revealed how then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi almost gave the go-ahead to a covert RAW operation, named Operation Sundown, to kidnap Sikh militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale months before she sent the Army into the Golden Temple in 1984 as part of Operation Bluestar. Also read: The untold story before Operation Bluestar
In an email, Watson said that in light of the India Today story, he was going to write to the Foreign Secretary demanding an urgent statement in the House of Commons on Monday.  Also read: The league of shadows

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