‘Rajnath terming 1984 riot as mob lynching is another injustice to Sikhs’

The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday criticised the statement of union Home minister, Rajnath Singh in which he stated the Sikh genocide of 1984 as mob lynching and the party termed it as another injustice done to the Sikh community.

In a press statement issued here, co-president of AAP Punjab, Dr. Balbir Singh said that the statement shows how insensitive BJP and Congress leaders are to term the Sikh genocide that shook the world as mere a mob lynching. He said the Home minister has again made mockery of the innocent Sikhs killed in 1984 with his statement. He demanded that Rajnath Singh must take his words back and apologize to the Sikh community.

Dr. Balbir said that not only Congress but BJP as well has always denied justice to Sikh Community and both the parties have played politics over it. He said that the need of the hour is to put the people responsible for Sikh genocide behind the bars but BJP government at centre is also saving the leaders of Congress.

Asking SAD leaders Parkash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal and union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal to clarify the statement of home minister about the Sikh genocide, the AAP leader said that the power hungry Akalis would never say a word against BJP leader just to keep Harsimrat Badal as minister in Modi Govt.