POINTS OUT THAT RIOTS HAD ALREADY BROKEN OUT BY THE TIME RAJIV ARRIVED IN DELHI<\/p>\n
Chandigarh,<\/p>\n
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has assailed the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for resorting to desperate measures to malign Rajiv Gandhi<\/p>\n
through false propaganda aimed at wrongly implicating the former Prime Minister in riots that took place more than three decades ago.<\/p>\n
Lashing out at SAD president Sukhbir Badal for questioning Rajiv Gandhi\u2019s role in the riots, the Chief Minister ridiculed the persistent efforts of the Akali<\/p>\n
leaders to defame the former Prime Minister, pointing out that Indira Gandhi\u2019s elder son was not even present in Delhi when the violence broke out.<\/p>\n
Rajiv was in Contai, some 150 kms from Kolkata (then Calcutta), on an election tour of West Bengal, Captain Amarinder pointed out, accusing Sukhbir of<\/p>\n
blatantly and deliberately misinterpreting Jagdish Tytler\u2019s statements in a TV interview. The Chief Minister also flayed Sukhbir for trying to link Rajiv Gandhi with a<\/p>\n
sting operation which Tytler had already dismissed as being a doctored video.<\/p>\n
It was a matter of record that by the time Rajiv returned to Delhi, after being informed of his mother\u2019s assassination, rioting had already erupted, said the<\/p>\n
Chief Minister, pointing out that nowhere, and at no point in time, had Tytler ever implicated Rajiv in the riots, as was being alleged by Sukhbir.<\/p>\n
In his interview Tytler had, in fact, categorically stated that Rajiv went around with him to try and control the situation, which had seriously escalated by the<\/p>\n
time he was sworn in as prime minister. Rajiv had issued clear instructions to all party MLAs to go back to their constituencies and defuse the situation at any<\/p>\n
cost, said Captain Amarinder.<\/p>\n
Further, media reports in the wake of the riots had shown that Rajiv had unequivocally condemned the violence and warned of stringent action against<\/p>\n
anyone found to be indulging in communal violence.<\/p>\n
After their botched attempts to spread false propaganda by misconstruing Tytler\u2019s TV interview, the Akalis were now taking refuge in a video, which the<\/p>\n
Congress leader had categorically rejected as metamorphosed, in a desperate bid to give credence to their fabrication, said the Chief Minister.<\/p>\n
Lambasting Sukhbir for trying to fan passions by taking certain portions of Tytler\u2019s statement out of context, Captain Amarinder termed it as the height of<\/p>\n
irresponsible behavior. Had there been any involvement of Rajiv in the riots, the same would have been exposed long back, said Captain Amarinder, adding that<\/p>\n
the fact was that the Akalis had not even an iota of evidence to back their reprehensible charges against Rajiv.<\/p>\n
Have not the people of Punjab already suffered enough due to the terrorism that swept the state in the wake of the 1984 riots, he asked Sukhbir,<\/p>\n
questioning the Akali leader\u2019s motive behind spreading falsehoods that could trigger fresh tensions.<\/p>\n
The Chief Minister said it was unfortunate that the Akalis were playing into the hands of divisive forces that were once again raising their head in an effort<\/p>\n
to destroy Punjab\u2019s peace and stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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