New Delhi: A joint delegation of BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal leaders on Thursday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought punishment of the Congress men accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi BJP President Vijender Gupta led the delegation of MPs and office-bearers of the two parties to the Prime Minister on the 27th anniversary of the anti-Sikh riots and submitted a memorandum.
BJP and SAD are partners in government in poll-bound Punjab.
"More than 4,000 Sikhs were massacred in Delhi alone in the Congress sponsored massacre in 1984. Besides this, more than 7 thousand Sikhs were killed in other parts of India. The accused are still at large. Where is justice in this case?"
asked Naidu, after submitting the memorandum.
Naidu alleged that the Congress government in complicity with the Delhi Police were trying to save the leaders involved in the riots.
"The Delhi Police had prepared a chargesheet against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in April, 1992, but it has not been filed in the Court till date. It is evident the Centre is trying to save the accused," said Naidu.
Gupta, while addressing mediapersons, accused the CBI of trying to save those guilty of the massacre.
"The Delhi High Court had ordered the CBI to probe into the massacre, but unfortunately the agency under pressure from the government is trying to save the guilty persons just like the Delhi Police," he alleged.
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