Act against Gandhis: SAD

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 17

Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today demanded action against the Gandhi family for extending political patronage to the perpetrators of the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre. She also accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of falsely claiming a few months ago that the party was not involved in the genocide.

Addressing a press conference here along with senior SAD leaders Bikram Singh Majithia and Dr Daljit Singh Cheema after the Delhi High Court verdict against Sajjan Kumar, Harsimrat said it was made possible due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to reopen old cases which had been closed by the Congress and the constitution of an SIT to investigate them afresh. These cases were opened after the Akali Dal had taken up the matter with the PM, she said.

Saying that the verdict against Sajjan gave hope to the victims; she said: “I am hopeful that Jagdish Tytler and Kamal Nath will meet the same fate soon.” She also castigated the Congress for continuing to patronise Kamal Nath by picking him as the CM of Madhya Pradesh.

Asserting that she had seen the 1984 tragedy up close and was lucky to survive unscathed, Harsimrat said she could understand the grief of the widows who were waiting for justice even 34 years after the tragedy. “I have worked in the refugee camps as a girl, trying to reunite families torn apart by the tragedy. I even chose to speak on this issue during my maiden speech in Parliament,” he added.