Sam Pitroda Triggers Yet Another Controversy, Says '1984 Mein Hua To Hua'; BJP, SAD Slam Congress
Sam Pitroda brushed off the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, saying, "1984 mein hua to hua (It happened in 1984, so what?)".
New Delhi, May 9: Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda on Thursday courted another controversy when he brushed off the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, saying, "1984 mein hua to hua (It happened in 1984, so what?)". Reacting to Sam Pitroda's controversial remarks, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) hit out at the Congress, demanding an apology from Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Asked for his response on the BJP's claim citing the Nanavati commission report that the instructions for the violence had come from late Rajiv Gandhi, Pitroda furiously told ANI, "I don’t think so, this is also another lie, and what about 1984? You speak about what you have done in five years. 1984 mein hua to hua. Aapne kya kiya?" The anti-Sikh riots broke out after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. BJP Has Unnecessarily Brought Rajiv Gandhi Into Picture, Says Sam Pitroda.
"You were voted to create jobs. You were voted to create 200 smart cities. You have not even done that. You have not done anything that is why you keep talking here and there," Pitroda added. Reacting to the comment, SAD leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that Congress's anti-Sikh mentality was clearly visible in Pitroda's remark. Sirsa said: "The Congress has yet again proved that its mentality against the Sikhs has not changed. Today Pitroda said '1984 has happened, so what?' He must have not lost anyone from his family." Sam Pitroda Stirs Row on Pulwama Terror Attack, Says 'Cannot Blame Entire Pakistan If Some People Attacked'.
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Sirsa added, "He (Rahul Gandhi) keeps on saying that his father (Rajiv Gandhi) and grandmother (Indira Gandhi) were assassinated. And Pitroda is saying so what if the riots happened. Six thousand people were killed in the anti-Sikh riots. Our daughters and sisters were raped. And now, instead of giving us justice, you have kept the culprits with you. Pitroda has proved today that Gandhi family's heart is full of hatred against the Sikhs."
Demanding an apology from Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, union minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javdekar said: "Today Pitroda said a shocking thing which nobody could expect. It is absolutely unacceptable and we, as a country, can not accept it. Sonia and Rahul should apologise for his remarks."
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