Pranab promises justice to Sikh riot victims
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday promised to consult Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to decide what could be done to punish the guilty in the anti-Sikh violence of 1984.
Mukherjee, who is also leader of the Lok Sabha, made the intervention in the wake of an emotional appeal by Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur during Zero Hour.
She wanted to know what the government had done over the past 25 years to punish those who killed innocent Sikhs in the wake of the October 1984 assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
"I will talk to the Prime Minister and other colleagues and see what can be done in the given situation," Mukherjee said.
The entire Opposition supported the Akali MP's demand. Mukherjee said he in New Delhi when the riots took place. "Every one of us is ashamed" of what happened in those days, he said.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Kaur said no chargesheet has been filed against the culprits even after setting up 10 Commissions including the Justice Nanavati Commission.
She said the government was sitting on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) request to file chargesheet against those accused of violence, which claimed some 2,700 lives. -- source:ibn live
Mukherjee, who is also leader of the Lok Sabha, made the intervention in the wake of an emotional appeal by Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur during Zero Hour.
She wanted to know what the government had done over the past 25 years to punish those who killed innocent Sikhs in the wake of the October 1984 assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
"I will talk to the Prime Minister and other colleagues and see what can be done in the given situation," Mukherjee said.The entire Opposition supported the Akali MP's demand. Mukherjee said he in New Delhi when the riots took place. "Every one of us is ashamed" of what happened in those days, he said.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Kaur said no chargesheet has been filed against the culprits even after setting up 10 Commissions including the Justice Nanavati Commission.
She said the government was sitting on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) request to file chargesheet against those accused of violence, which claimed some 2,700 lives. -- source:ibn live
