SAD’s Delhi Unit Head Says Modi Govt Has Same Mindset As Congress In ’84

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CHANDIGARH – Shiromani Akali Dal’s Delhi unit president Manjit Singh GK said the Narendra Modi-led NDA government “has the same mindset as the Congress on the issue of the 1984 massacre of Sikhs and the Akalis would withdraw from the alliance if the Centre does not act fast in providing justice to the victims”.

Manjit Singh GK, who also heads the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, told mediapersons here, “I reiterate it (my statement). Nothing is more important for me than justice to the riot victims.”

Only last week, a coordination meeting was organised between the Akali Dal and the BJP leaders in New Delhi to iron out differences.

GK said the Centre should order a CBI inquiry into how a file of the riot victims had mysteriously gone missing from the office of the then Delhi Government. He added that the Centre has also not reopened the CBI inquiry into the Sikh riots, which the investigation agency has closed for the third time.

However, he left it to the party high command to decide if a deadline was to be given to the Modi government for a fresh CBI inquiry or constitution of a Special Investigation Team into the riots.

He also accused the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government of doing nothing for the Sikhs and instead falsely claiming that his government paid the Rs 5-lakh compensation.

GK, who was flanked by DSGMC general secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa and national vice president Avtar Singh Hit, said, “The SIT announced by him has not started working. The compensation of Rs 5 lakh each was paid from a Central government grant and that too 11 months after it was announced.”

GK had convened a press conference to give details of the “inefficient” government of the Aam Aadmi Party and its CM Arvind Kejriwal ahead of his Punjab tour.

He also accused Kejriwal of bring friendly with riots accused Jagdish Tytler, saying both were meeting regularly. He said over 400 persons had died of drug overuse in Ren Baseras run by the Delhi government, which showed the easy availability of drugs in the national capital.