Puri knowledgeable that his dad and mom, who lived in a DDA flat, have been rescued in time by his buddy.
“Like all different members of my Sikh Sangat this violence additionally got here near my home. I used to be then a younger first secretary posted in Geneva at the moment and was extraordinarily anxious in regards to the security and wellbeing of my dad and mom who lived in a DDA flat in SFS, Hauz Khas. They have been rescued in time by my Hindu buddy and brought to my grandparents' first flooring home in Khan Market whilst unimaginable violence raged throughout Delhi and a number of other different cities,” Puri posted on X.
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's management, Puri stated that one should worth the period of inclusive growth and peace. He asserted that India retains its minorities protected and ensures growth for all with out discrimination.
“At the moment is the time to keep in mind that violence with anger and rage whilst we pay homage to the victims and empathise with the anguish and ache of the households they left behind. It's time to worth the period of inclusive growth and peace that we stay in below the management of PM Narendra Modi. At the moment, India not solely retains its minorities protected but in addition ensures Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas with out prejudice or discrimination,” the Union Minister stated.
“I shudder even now after I recall these days of 1984 when helpless and harmless Sikh males, ladies and kids have been mindlessly massacred, and their properties and locations of worship have been ransacked by murderous mobs guided and led by Congress leaders and their cronies. All within the title of extracting ‘revenge' for the dastardly homicide of Indira Gandhi,” he added. Puri additional highlighted the inaction of the police through the time of violence in opposition to the Sikh neighborhood in 1984, saying that they have been “pressured” to face as “mute spectators”. “This was when the police was pressured to face as a mute spectator whilst Sikhs have been being pulled out of their homes, automobiles and Gurdwaras and have been being burnt alive. The state equipment was turned on its head. The protectors had turned to perpetrators,” he stated.
Puri alleged that voter lists have been used to determine properties owned by Sikhs and accused former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of “brazenly supporting” the bloodbath.
“Voter lists have been used to determine Sikh owned properties and properties; no makes an attempt have been made to cease the mobs for a number of days. As an alternative together with his assertion ‘When a giant tree falls, the earth shakes' PM Rajiv Gandhi gave his open assist to the bloodbath of Sikhs,” he stated.
Earlier, a Rouse Avenue Court docket in Delhi on Wednesday directed the Prosecution to file written submissions in a 1984 Sikh riots case in opposition to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar.
Sajjan Kumar is going through trial in a case linked to FIRs registered at Janakpuri and Vikas Puri Police Stations.
The Janakpuri case pertains to the killing of two Sikhs, Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh, on November 1, 1984. The second case was registered within the Vikaspuri police station associated to the burning of Gurcharan Singh on November 2, 1984.
Particular Decide Dig Vinay Singh requested the Prosecution to file written submissions and listed the matter for arguements on November 27 and December 4.
