Through PTI
CHANDIGARH: Union minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday attacked the Congress, accusing it of now not handing over justice to the sufferers of 1984 anti-Sikh riots and mentioned it was once the BJP executive which put the responsible at the back of bars.
Irani additionally hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for allegedly supporting those that gave the slogan of “dividing the rustic” and mentioned vote casting for the birthday celebration approach vote casting for individuals who need to divide the rustic.
Addressing a meeting in Ludhiana, Irani mentioned the Congress, when it was once in energy on the Centre, failed to make sure justice to the sufferers of 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
“Relating to justice, who can overlook 1984 riots? For 30 years, those that misplaced their very own members of the family waited for justice. They saved looking ahead to the punishment for individuals who had been desirous about it,” she mentioned.
The minister requested the Congress why it might now not ship those that had been desirous about 1984 anti-Sikh riots to prison.
“For 30 years, the justice, which the Congress may now not ship, was once delivered by way of the BJP executive,” she mentioned.
She mentioned 300 instances had been reopened and chargesheets had been filed and added, “The ones leaders who stood shoulder to shoulder with the Gandhi circle of relatives after the riots are as of late at the back of bars.”
Irani accused Gandhi of supporting the ones individuals who gave a slogan of dividing the rustic.
She additional mentioned for this reason High Minister Narendra Modi mentioned in Parliament that Congress’ scenario is such that it has develop into the chief of the ‘tukde tukde gang’.
With out naming Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, she mentioned the Congress gave the command of its state unit to an individual who hugged the executive of the enemy military.
She was once regarding the 2018 incident when Sidhu had courted controversy by way of hugging Pakistan Military Leader Qamar Javed Bajwa all over his consult with to Pakistan for the swearing-in rite of Imran Khan because the top minister.
Taking a jibe at Sidhu, she mentioned, “His goals of changing into the chief (Congress’s leader ministerial face) had been shattered by way of his personal leaders.”
The Congress had declared Charanjit Singh Channi as its leader ministerial candidate for the approaching state meeting polls.
Sidhu was once additionally the contender for turning into the CM face.
It seems that regarding the method of declaration of the CM face, she mentioned, within the Congress birthday celebration, a “particular circle of relatives” chooses who’s to be the chief (CM face).
“They (Congress leaders) imagine a circle of relatives as their birthday celebration,” she mentioned.
