'Happy to take responsibility': Rahul Gandhi as Sikh man questions him over 'Operation Blue Star'
PTC News Desk: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was encountered with strong rebuke at a University in US after a Sikh man questioned him over Congress' role in Operation Blue Star.
Rahul Gandhi said a lot of these "mistakes" happened when "I was not there", but added that he was happy to take responsibility for "everything the Congress party has ever done wrong in its history".
Rahul Gandhi was present at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US two weeks ago for an interaction. During a Q&A session, a Sikh man referred to Rahul Gandhi's earlier statement that "the fight in India is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear a turban, whether a Sikh will be allowed to wear a kada or go to the Gurudwara."
“You haven’t reconciled with the Sikhs,” a young man tells Rahul Gandhi to his face, reminding him of the unfounded fear-mongering he engaged in during his last visit to the US.
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"You create a fear among Sikhs about what BJP would look like, you talked about how politics should be fearless, we don't just want to wear kadas, we don't just want to tie turbans, we want freedom of expression, which has not been allowed under the Congress Party in the past," the Sikh youngster told Gandhi.
In response to the questions, Gandhi said, ""The statement I made was that do we want an India where people are uncomfortable to express their religion? As far as mistakes of Congress Party are concerned, a lot of those happened when I was not there, but I am more than happy to take responsibility for everything the Congress party has ever done wrong in its history," he said. "I have publicly stated that what happened in the 80s was wrong, I have been to the Golden Temple multiple times, I have extremely good relationships with the Sikh community in India," said the Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha.
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