'Your Turn to Become PM Won't Come': Amit Shah Takes Potshots at Rahul Gandhi Amid INDIA Bloc Protest
Shah said the opposition ignored appeals to avoid the rally and accused Congress of reopening wounds for Sikh families.
- On Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah criticized the INDIA bloc for holding a rally at Ramlila Maidan, Delhi, on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, describing it as a 'jalsa' that ignores victims' sentiments.
- Shah invoked the 1984 violence, where thousands of Sikhs were killed, and criticized Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for remarking, "When a big tree falls, the earth shakes," alleging the Congress party incited these riots.
- The BJP-led government reopened riot cases and provided Rs 5 lakh compensation to each victim, Shah said, noting the ruling party requested the opposition not to hold the rally on November 1, 2 and 3, but the INDIA bloc remained adamant.
- Slamming Rahul Gandhi, Shah said the rally will only "rub salt in the wounds of the victims," claiming that hatred was the only takeaway from Gandhi's "mohabbat ki dukaan" for holding the event on such a dark day.
- Shah asserted that India has never witnessed, nor will it witness again, riots of this kind incited by a political party, maintaining that the 1984 violence remains a dark chapter the country must never forget.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Congress had ‘ignored repeated appeals’ to postpone the rally, including from Delhi's traders who feared losses during the crucial Diwali shopping period.
"Rubbing salt into wounds of riot victims": Amit Shah slams Congress for holding rally on anniversary of 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his party over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, accusing the opposition party of "rubbing salt into the wounds" of victims by organising a political rally on the anniversary of the massacre.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah targeted the Congress and Rahul Gandhi over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He said that thousands of Sikhs were killed on November 1, 1984, and recalled Rajiv Gandhi's statement that "when a big tree falls, the earth shakes."
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