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Shiromani Akali Dal’s Manjinder Singh backs PM Modi; says, “Rajiv Gandhi was India’s biggest mob lyncher”

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Shiromani Akali Dal Manjinder Singh backs PM Modi; says, "Rajiv Gandhi was India biggest mob lyncher"

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi “corrupt no.1”, Shiromani Akali Dal’s Manjinder Singh further sparked the row by saying that Rajiv was a “mob lyncher”.

Sirsa said that Rajiv Gandhi was the only prime minister in the world who “organised mob lynching against a particular community”.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is right in saying that Rajiv Gandhi was corrupt number one, but he was also India’s biggest mob lyncher, who killed thousands of Sikhs during the 1984 carnage.” he alleged in a statement.

Sirsa said that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi must accept that his party was guilty of organising 1984 anti-Sikh riots which broke out across India after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. The SAD leader also asked Rahul Gandhi why has he not expressed sympathy with the families of 1984 riots victims.

Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, Modi had targeted the former prime minister while attacking Congress president Rahul Gandhi and said, “Your father was termed Mr Clean by his courtiers, but his life ended as bhrashtachari no 1.”

Reacting to PM’s statement, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee on Sunday wrote a letter to the EC, saying, “The statement by Prime Minister is not only the violation of Model Code of Conduct but also an insult of Bharat Ratna awardee martyr. Hence, we appeal the EC to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by barring him from speaking at public rallies.”

Modi’s remark has been criticised by leaders across different political parties. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she was shocked at the “the audacity of such a statement”.

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