CM Amarinder Singh defends Rajiv Gandhi, seeks apology from SAD president

CM Amarinder Singh defends Rajiv Gandhi, seeks apology from SAD president

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has once again attempted to shield his political masters, allegedly in relation to 1984 anti Sikh riots.

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On Tuesday, accusing Rajiv Gandhi for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, local residents of Ludhiana had blackened the statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi installed at Salem Tabri. [caption id="attachment_232382" align="aligncenter" width="300"] CM Amarinder Singh defends Rajiv Gandhi, seeks apology from SAD president[/caption]

Condemning the vandalisation of Rajiv Gandhi's statue Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh asked SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal to immediate apologise for the obnoxious act of his party workers. [caption id="attachment_232383" align="aligncenter" width="300"] CM Amarinder Singh defends Rajiv Gandhi, seeks apology from SAD president[/caption]

Meanwhile, SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal also hits back at Punjab CM. Sukhbir Badal asked Punjab CM to apologise to the Sikh community for defending 1984 Sikh genocide Perpetrators

Lashing out at Punjab CM, Sukhbir Singh Badal tweeted,“It would have been better if you as a true Sikh & Punjab CM had condemned the Gandhi family and demanded expulsion of #1984SikhGenocide culprits Sajjan Kumar and Kamal Nath from Congress party but you are too busy in sycophancy of Gandhi family to save your chair. If you have any ‘dard’ for the Sikh ‘qaum’ you would resign as CM and stand with community to expose Gandhi family for authoring and engineering genocide of Sikhs in 1984. But it seems you are made of stone. No amount of suffering of the community moves you. You should apologise to the Sikh sangat for failing them as CM and standing with hated Gandhi family. The community has shown what it thinks of Rajiv Gandhi in Ludhiana. Don’t disrespect the sentiments of Sikhs”

It would have been better if you @capt_amarinder as a true Sikh & Punjab CM had condemned the Gandhi family and demanded expulsion of #1984SikhGenocide culprits Sajjan Kumar & Kamal Nath from Congress party. But you are too busy in sycophancy of Gandhi family to save your chair/1 — Sukhbir Singh Badal (@officeofssbadal) December 25, 2018

If you @capt_amarinder have any ‘dard’ for the Sikh ‘qaum’ you would resign as CM and stand with community to expose Gandhi family for authoring and engineering genocide of Sikhs in 1984. But it seems you are made of stone. No amount of suffering of the community moves you/2 — Sukhbir Singh Badal (@officeofssbadal) December 25, 2018

You @capt_amarinder should apologise to the Sikh sangat for failing them as CM and standing with hated Gandhi family. The community has shown what it thinks of Rajiv Gandhi in Ludhiana. Don’t disrespect the sentiments of Sikhs/3 — Sukhbir Singh Badal (@officeofssbadal) December 25, 2018

Earlier, the  Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders  had also demanded a special sitting of Punjab assembly for revocation of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna award.