Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri sharply attacked the Congress on Friday, asking it to offer a public apology for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Terming the incident as “one of the darkest chapters” in India’s post-Independence history, Puri said it was “not a riot but a cold-blooded killing of innocent people”.

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The petroleum minister alleged that Congress plays appeasement politics, while the BJP has helped minorities to flourish in today’s times. Escalating his attack on the Grand Old Party, he stated that Congress only reaches out to minorities to trigger them and then “does this (anti-sikh riots) to them”.

Tearing into the Congress party, Puri said that the Grand Old Party needs to undergo serious introspection on the events of 1984 on that particular day.

Puri said, “Ev

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