PM Modi attacks Congress over 1984 riots, alleges it 'allowed massacre of Sikhs'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack against the Congress on Friday (May 24) stating that the grand old party allowed the "massacre of Sikhs" and protected the rioters.

While addressing a rally in Punjab's Jalandhar, PM Modi also hit out at the grand old party over its stance on the Citizenship Amendment Act stating that the opposition does not want to give citizenship to the ones who endured the horrors of partition.

"The Hindu-Sikh brothers who were left on the other side during the partition, they are our own. BJP-NDA government brought CAA to give them citizenship. But Congress had a problem with it. They are saying that they will withdraw the CAA if they come to power," he said.

#WATCH | Punjab: Addressing a public rally in Jalandhar, PM Modi says, "The Hindu-Sikh brothers who were left on the other side during the partition, they are our own. BJP-NDA government brought CAA to give them citizenship. But Congress had a problem with it. They are saying… pic.twitter.com/VcCfbu2IFe — ANI (@ANI) May 24, 2024

He then took a jibe at the grand old party and said that the 'royal family' removed Amarinder Singh from CM's post when he refused to obey orders

"When Congress was in power in Punjab, Congress wanted to run the government of Punjab through remote control. But Captain Amarinder Singh refused to obey the orders of the 'Shehzada' of Delhi (Rahul Gandhi). He gave priority to national security being a border state. The result was that the royal family of Congress and the 'Shehzada' removed him from the post of Chief Minister. Can anyone ever forget this insult to Punjab?," he said in a separate rally in Punjab's Gurdaspur.

'AAP leaders sitting in Delhi controlling Punjab,' says PM Modi

PM Modi also attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had to visit Tihar Jail in Delhi to take orders from party supremo Arvind Kejriwal as he cannot make decisions on his own.

"Unfortunately, Punjab is being governed via remote control. The Durbaris of Delhi are governing Punjab. The CM of Punjab cannot make a single decision on his own... The CM had to go to Tihar Jail to take new orders to run his government... After 1st June, the corrupt will go to jail again. Will the Punjab government function from the jail again?" he said in Gurdaspur.

He also accused the AAP leaders of being "wholesale traders of drugs", referring to the alleged liquor scam.

"The people of Punjab have understood that the 'jharoo' (broomstick, the poll symbol of the AAP) party people are themselves wholesale traders of drugs. Why will those who perpetrated such a big liquor scam (in Delhi) not dive into the black money of drugs in Punjab?" he said while addressing a largegathering.

(With inputs from agencies)