SAD asks Rahul Gandhi to focus on widows of Tilak Vihar

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday asked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to first visit the widows of Delhi's Tilak Vihar who still recall the horrors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots before reaching out to the people of Punjab for petty political gains.

"He is welcome to visit Punjab and he should see the situation there. But before that he should have come to Delhi's Tilak Vihar, the widow colony. The coloniser of Tilak Vihar was a member from Rahul Gandhi's family," SAD leader Manjit Singh GK told ANI.

The SAD leader further said the Congress vice-president never tried to console or share the grievances of the members of the Sikh community who lost their near and dear ones in the 1984 riots.

"More than 5,000 Sikhs were butchered on the roads of Delhi and more than 12,000 were murdered in India. Did Rahul Gandhi ever go to any widow's house leaving his page 3 parties?" he asked.

Manjit Singh alleged that the Congress government at the Centre had tried their best to protect the guilty during the last three decades.

"Not even this, Rahul Gandhi even protected Sajjan, Tytler and Bhagat for 31 years from justice. Law was not allowed to take its own course. I think Rahul Gandhi needs to do something for the widows then he is welcome to Punjab," he said.

Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi met the family members of Gurjeet Singh Bittu, the man killed in police firing during a protest against a sacrilege incident in the district.Gandhi will also visit the family of Krishan Singh.

Two people were killed in alleged police firing in Behbal Kalan village last month during protests by Sikh activists. The protests were against recent incidents of sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib in the state.