Assertion [A] : India conducted Operation Blue Star in May 2025. Reason [R] : Pakistan - backed terror attack was launched in Pahalgam, and 26 innocent civilians were killed.
[A] is false but [R] is true
On 22 April 2025 terrorists backed from across the border attacked tourists at Baisaran near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 26 civilians, so the reason is true.
In response, India launched Operation Sindoor on 7 May 2025, striking terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Operation Blue Star was a different operation, carried out by the Indian Army at the Golden Temple, Amritsar in June 1984. Hence the assertion is false.
Hence, [A] is false but [R] is true.
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