Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) member of Parliament has accused the United Progressive Alliance, led by Dr Manmohan Singh, of insulting the Sikhs by refusing to take action against Jagdish Tytler, minister of state for Non Resident Indians, and Sajjan Kumar, Congress member of Parliament from Outer Delhi, for their alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Speaking to rediff.com on Tuesday at his residence after both houses of parliament were adjourned for the day, Dhindsa said Congress was "back to its old games" in Punjab.
"Since 1947, the Sikhs felt that they had not got justice from the centre and their role in the independence was being delibrately played down by the Congress governments at the centre. This led to a situation, which gave the militant elements a grouse to rake up feeling of neglect amongst the Sikh community.
"Now again the same thing is being done. A great injustice has been to done to the Sikh community by denying them justice, 21 years after the crimes were committed. Nine commissions after, the Sikhs as a community have no faith left in commissions of inquiry," he said.
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Vijay Kumar Malhotra, spokesman for the Bhartiya Janata Parliamentary party, said Congressmen had come prepared under a well drafted plan to thwart the opposition's attempt to speak on the Justice G T Nanavati commission of inquiry report.
"When we asked the Speaker to suspend the Zero hour and start debate on the Nanavati report, the Congressmen were up on their feet to stall the opposition attempt to speak on the matter. We have given notices for adjournment motions in both houses of Parliament and hopefully we would have a debate on the action taken report submitted by the government, which is nothing short of a disgrace and an attempt to whitewash the sins of those who were actively involved in the genocide of the Sikhs," he said.
The leaders of the National Democratic Alliance would meet President A P J Abdul Kalam after the debate in the two Houses, he added.
"We feel that Dr Manmohan Singh should resign or tell the nation that his government gave approval to the action taken report under pressure from Mrs Sonia Gandhi," Malhotra told newsmen at a press conference.
It was a "matter of shame" that the hero of 1971 war Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora had to take shelter in the house a friend during the riots, he said, adding, "After the riots General Aurora said though he had won the Bangladesh war, he could not enter his own house in New Delhi in 1984."
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