{"id":312116,"date":"2019-05-10T09:51:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T09:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=312116"},"modified":"2019-05-10T09:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T09:51:39","slug":"pm-modi-slams-congress-over-sam-pitrodas-remark-on-1984-anti-sikh-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-slams-congress-over-sam-pitrodas-remark-on-1984-anti-sikh-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi slams Congress over Sam Pitroda&#8217;s remark on 1984 anti-Sikh riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-312117 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/modi-haryana-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/modi-haryana-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/modi-haryana.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on Congress for its leader Sam Pitroda comments on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Modi said Pitroda\u2019s remark shows the \u201ccharacter and arrogance\u201d of the party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Speaking at a rally in Haryana\u2019s Rohtak, Modi said, \u201cHua so Hua-the three words that sum up Congress&#8217;s arrogance were uttered on Thursday by one of its most senior leaders, he said this on anti-Sikh riots. They have no value for human life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThis leader is close to the Gandhi family and a friend of Rajiv Gandhi. He is the guru of the Congress president.\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi further said, &#8220;the Congress, which ruled for a maximum period has been insensitive and that is reflected by the three words spoken yesterday&#8230;these words have not been spoken just like that, these words are character and mentality of the Congress\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMany Sikhs in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh were targeted during the 1984 riots but today Congress is saying\u2019 \u2018Hua so Hua\u2019,\u201d Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Minister Arun Jaitley questioned whether the Congress president will remove his &#8220;Guru(teacher)&#8221; from the party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWill the Congress President oust his &#8216;Guru&#8217;, who rubbishes the genocide of India&#8217;s most patriotic community in 1984?\u201d Jaitley questioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSam Pitroda&#8217;s &#8216;Hua to Hua&#8217; 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,\u201d Jaitley added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on Congress for its leader Sam Pitroda comments on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Modi said Pitroda\u2019s remark shows the \u201ccharacter and arrogance\u201d of the party. Speaking at a rally in Haryana\u2019s Rohtak, Modi said, \u201cHua so Hua-the three words that sum up Congress&#8217;s arrogance were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":312117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2110,2009,1801,2014],"tags":[3939,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312118,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312116\/revisions\/312118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/312117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}