‘Will Rahul Gandhi oust his guru Sam Pitroda for 1984 riots remark?’: Arun Jaitley

On the other hand, Pitroda accused the BJP of “twisting his words and distorting facts” to “hide their failures.” He also said he had acknowledged the pain of Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Union minister Arun Jaitley on Friday asked whether Congress president Rahul Gandhi will oust party’s Overseas chief Sam Pitroda for his comment on the 1984 Sikh genocide that “It (riots) happened in 1984, so what?”

Sam Pitroda’s ‘Hua to Hua’ reaction to the 1984 Sikh killings is reflective of the lack of remorse on the part of Congress Party with respect to the 1984 genocide, tweeted Jaitley (REUTERS FILE)

“Will the Congress President oust his ‘Guru’, who rubbishes the genocide of India’s most patriotic community in 1984?” Jaitley tweeted.

“Sam Pitroda’s ‘Hua to Hua’ reaction to the 1984 Sikh killings is reflective of the lack of remorse on the part of Congress Party with respect to the 1984 genocide,” he wrote in another tweet.

“It is a matter of disgrace that the Congress Party has no remorse over the Sikh killings of 1984,” he added.

Pitroda, when asked about BJP’s claim that instructions to ‘kill’ in 1984 had come from late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, said, “It (riots) happened in 1984, so what?”

On the other hand, Pitroda accused the BJP of “twisting his words and distorting facts” to “hide their failures.” He also said he had acknowledged the pain of Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

He went on to say that the BJP is attacking the Congress with such “lies” as it has no vision “to take India forward.”

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