Arun Jaitley, Amit Shah slams Sam Pitroda over his remark on 1984 anti-Sikh riots

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hit out at Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda on Friday over his remarks on 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

On being asked to respond on the BJP's claim citing the Nanavati commission report that the instructions for the violence had come from late Rajiv Gandhi who had taken up the post of Prime Minister after his mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated, Pitroda had said, "it happened in 1984, so what?"

"I don't think so, this is also another lie, and what about 1984? You speak about what you have done in five years. It happened in 1984, so what? (1984 hua toh hua). What have you done? (Ab kya hai 84 ka? Aapne kya kiya 5 saal mein, uski baat kariye. 84 mein hua to hua. Aapne kya kiya?)"

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Taking Twitter to slam Pitroda, Jaitley said, "It is a matter of disgrace that the Congress Party has no remorse over the Sikh killings of 1984."

"Sam Pitroda's 'Hua to Hua' reaction to the 1984 Sikh killings is reflective of the lack of remorse on the part of Congress Party with respect to the 1984 genocide," he continued in another tweet.

"Will the Congress President oust his 'Guru', who rubbishes the genocide of India's most patriotic community in 1984?" Jaitley asked in another tweet.

Yesterday, BJP party president Amit Shah slammed Pitroda saying that India will never forgive "murderer" Congress for its sins."

"Agony of the entire Sikh community. Suffering of all those Sikh families killed by Congress leaders in 1984. Attack on Delhi’s secular ethos. All Summed up in these three words by Sam Pitroda - Hua To Hua. India will never forgive #MurdererCongress for its sins," Shah's tweet read.

The anti-Sikh riots took place after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

According to official records, about 2,800 Sikhs were killed across India, including 2,100 in Delhi, during the pogrom that broke out after then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.

(With inputs from agencies)