New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday questioned the Congress-led INDIA bloc over its decision to hold a rally in the national capital on November 1 to protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, pointing out that the date marks the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.
The opposition alliance has planned a major rally at Ramlila Maidan against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The Delhi Police has granted permission for the event, according to the report.
November 1 marks the anniversary of the anti-Sikh violence that followed the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984. The violence claimed numerous lives and devastated families, particularly in Delhi.
In a statement on Wednesday, the BJP questioned the choice of date, asking whether the rally was intended as a protest or amounted to disregarding the painful memories associated with the 1984 violence.
The party also referred to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar’s conviction in a case linked to the killings of a Sikh father and son, arguing that the date carried deep significance for thousands of affected families.
“Has the Congress considered the tragic significance of November 1, or is it directly ignoring the deep pain this date represents for thousands of Sikh families?” the BJP asked.
The Congress-led alliance has not been quoted in the report responding to the BJP’s criticism of the rally date.
