Rahul Gandhi has said that declaring Narendra Modi’s innocence in the 2002 Gujarat riots is still premature. But many more, and worse, incidents have occurred under the Congress rule. The anti-Sikh massacre of 1984 is most commonly recalled, during which Congress members led mobs with the help of electoral lists to Sikh neighbourhoods and savaged them. Fathers were butchered before their sons, mothers raped, and young sons tied to tyres and set ablaze. Over 4,000 people died in the violence for which no one has yet been held accountable. In fact, a group in the United States, Sikhs for Justice, has sued Sonia Gandhi for harbouring the perpetrators of the massacre. If this were an isolated incident of “trees falling,” one might, however painfully, look ahead in the interest of national harmony. But India has been subject to regular and massive deforestation! In the 1992 Bombay riots, 575 of the 900 dead were Muslims. In the Nellie riots of 1983, 2,191 Muslims were killed in cold blood. Indira Gandhi justified her government’s initial inaction and slow response by saying, “One has to let such events take their own course before stepping in.” Similarly, the Gujarat riots in 1969 saw 660 dead, 430 of whom were Muslims. In 1989, of the 1,070 killed in Bhagalpur, 876 were Muslims. In case Mr Gandhi does not remember, Bhagalpur is the place made infamous by corpses – of men, women, and children – found staring up from under cauliflower fields. In 1987, the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Hashimpura rounded up 42 Muslim youths one night, took them outside the village in trucks, shot them, and dumped their bodies in nearby water canals. Their futures were abruptly cut short, their families traumatized for life. Read more : dnai.in/c7Gb Rahul Gandhi has said that declaring Narendra Modi’s innocence in the 2002 Gujarat riots is still premature. But many more, and worse, incidents have occurred under the Congress rule. The anti-Sikh massacre of 1984 is most commonly recalled, during which Congress members led mobs with the help of electoral lists to Sikh neighbourhoods and savaged them. Fathers were butchered before their sons, mothers raped, and young sons tied to tyres and set ablaze. Over 4,000 people died in the violence for which no one has yet been held accountable. In fact, a group in the United States, Sikhs for Justice, has sued Sonia Gandhi for harbouring the perpetrators of the massacre. If this were an isolated incident of “trees falling,” one might, however painfully, look ahead in the interest of national harmony. But India has been subject to regular and massive deforestation! In the 1992 Bombay riots, 575 of the 900 dead were Muslims. In the Nellie riots of 1983, 2,191 Muslims were killed in cold blood. Indira Gandhi justified her government’s initial inaction and slow response by saying, “One has to let such events take their own course before stepping in.” Similarly, the Gujarat riots in 1969 saw 660 dead, 430 of whom were Muslims. In 1989, of the 1,070 killed in Bhagalpur, 876 were Muslims. In case Mr Gandhi does not remember, Bhagalpur is the place made infamous by corpses – of men, women, and children – found staring up from under cauliflower fields. In 1987, the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Hashimpura rounded up 42 Muslim youths one night, took them outside the village in trucks, shot them, and dumped their bodies in nearby water canals. Their futures were abruptly cut short, their families traumatized for life. Read more : dnai.in/c7Gb
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:51:58 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015