Victims of 1984 riots remembered

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 1

The 34th anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was observed in New Delhi, Chandigarh and other cities on Thursday. Several resolutions, including one seeking completion of the investigation within a time frame to ensure justice to the victims, were adopted.

A panel discussion on ‘Genocide November 1984: Justice still awaited’ was organised under the aegis of The Sikh Forum, an NGO led by Pushpinder Singh Chopra, in New Delhi. A one-minute silence was observed in memory of the victims. A resolution seeking declaration of the violence as “Sikh Genocide Day” was also passed.

Former Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly HS Phoolka alleged that the violence against Sikhs was unleashed at the behest of the establishment.

Ex-MP and former chairman of the National Commission for Minorities Tarlochan Singh said: “It is a shame that the government of the day and society failed to protect the Sikhs for three days.”

In Chandigarh, the Sukhpal Khaira-led group of AAP MLAs staged a dharna in Sector 17, demanding justice for the riot victims.