1984 riots worse than 2002 violence: VK Singh New Delhi: BJP leader and former Indian Army chief General VK Singh on Tuesday hit out at Congress, saying it was wrong to do politics over riots. Singh also said that the number of fatalities during 1984 anti-Sikh riots were more than the ones recorded in 2002 Gujarat riots. In his sharpest attack on Narendra Modi over the post-Godhra riots, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, while talking to a news agency, dismissed BJP’s contention that the Gujarat Chief Minister had been given a clean chit by the Supreme Court-appointed SIT and the courts. “As you know, the SIT report had been seriously questioned by a number of credible experts. Grave flaws have been pointed out in the functioning of the SIT. The acceptance of the flawed SIT report by the lowest court has not yet been subjected to judicial scrutiny by higher courts,” he said. The BJP had reacted angrily to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Narendra Modis alleged role in 2002 riots, accusing him of raising the “old bogey” as he has no answers to the “failures” of the Congress-led UPA government. BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said people and even Muslims and every section of society have moved much ahead of 2002. “We never justify riots. We used force to quell the riots but the Congress justified the 1984 pogrom and Congress did not use force against those who perpetrated the pogrom.” Javadekar said.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:44:18 +0000
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