A poster at ITO put up by BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga calling Rajeev Gandhi “the father of mob lynching” . Bagga said he put up the poster in response to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s statement that his party was not involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
“After what Rahul Gandhi said about the 1984 riots, it was important to give him a history lesson. He should know his father was the producer/director of the 1984 massacre. Leaders involved still hold senior positions in the party, so how can he make such a statement. After 2014, for any incident, Congress has given a new word, ‘mob lynching’, but this was started by Rajiv Gandhi long back,” said Bagga.
But another party spokesperson sought to distance BJP from the poster issue. To this, Bagga said, “That’s why I have not put BJP’s name anywhere. As a human being who lives just half a kilometre from a colony which saw the greatest loss during 1984, I thought it was important to create awareness.”