BJP MP Carries ‘1984’ Bag To Parliament, Gifts It To Priyanka Gandhi
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BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi said that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was initially hesitant but then she accepted the bag with ‘1984’ (a reminder of anti-Sikh riots) painted on it.
BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi (C) with 1984 (anti-Sikh riots) bag for Priyanka Gandhi who was earlier seen carrying bags of Palestine and Bangladesh.
BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi on Friday carried a bag with ‘1984’ written on it, and gifted it to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Written in red, the numerical were shown bleeding. Sarangi, pointing to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, said that the present generation should know what Congress did in the last 50 years.
Elaborating on her decision to gift a bag to Vadra, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP said, “The honorable MP is very fond of bags so I gifted her one. She was initially hesitant but then she accepted it.”
BJP MP, Aparajita Sarangi: “Since Priyanka ji is so fond of bags I gave her this one of 1984 anti-Sikh massacre. At first she was hesistant to take it but then she took it and tucked it away.”Just like 1984 anti-Sikh massacre perpetrated in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi… pic.twitter.com/lLFJrRk0PC
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This comes days after Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi carried a bag to Parliament that had “Palestine” emblazoned on it. The next day she was seen carrying a tote bag on Bangladesh with messages against atrocities on minorities.
What Happened in 1984?
A mob had attacked north Delhi’s Pul Bangash Gurudwara to take revenge of the then PM Indira Gandhi’s assasination by her Sikh bodyguards. Congress veteran Jagdish Tytler has been accused of inciting people.
The Delhi Rouse Avenue Court had earlier noted that the mob, armed with weapons, gathered at the Gurudwara on November 1, 1984, with the intent to kill Sikhs and destroy their property.
The mob looted shops, set fire to the Gurudwara, and killed three individuals — Badal Singh, Thakur Singh, and Gurcharan Singh.
According to a statement in the supplementary charge sheet filed against the former Union minister, Tytler alighted from the car, rebuked his supporters assembled near the gurudwara and said, “I had completely assured you that nothing would affect (harm) you. You just kill the Sikhs.”
Some of the witnesses claimed though they did not hear what exactly Tytler told the mob, people gathered there “became violent after that (i.e. after the visit of accused) and began to attack the Gurudwara Pul Bangash and set it on fire.”
Another statement claimed that on November 3, 1984, Tytler went to a hospital in the national capital and rebuked a group of people gathered there, saying his instructions had not been followed “faithfully”.
