PM says '84 riots should never have happened

`84 anti-Sikh riots should never have happened: PM: Rediff.com India News
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The 1984 anti-Sikh riots should never have happened, a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] said on Monday but at the same time appealed to the Sikh community to "move on" to let the wounds of the tragedy heal.

Speaking to the community members in Toronto after paying homage to the victims of the 1985 Kanishka bombing at the Air India [ Images ] Memorial, Singh reminded them that he had apologised to the nation for the carnage that ensued the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi [ Images ]. "The 1984 anti-Skih riots should never have happened. I have apologised to the nation... all possible steps will be taken to provide succour and comfort," he said.

Singh, the first Sikh to ascend to the post of prime minister of India, said "by constantly reminding of the 1984 riots, sometimes you unwittingly vitiate the creative thinking of the Sikh community". "We need to move on," he said. The prime minister said Sikhs in India were no longer restricted to Punjab [ Images ] but were actively participating in all spheres of the public life, referring to his own example. "There is a prime minister, there was an army chief, you have governors and ambassadors," he pointed out.
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In 2005, during a discussion in the Parliament on the Nanavati Shah Commission report on the anti-Sikh riots, Singh had intervened and apologised to the nation and to the community for the violence which some of his party's leaders were accused of instigating. The prime minister's remarks came at the Air India Memorial where a lawmaker of Indian origin spoke about growing pro-Khalistan feelings in Canada [ Images ]. Ahead of Singh's visit to Canada, there was an attempt to raise the 1984 riots issue in Canadian Parliament when a group of Sikh MPs moved a petition seeking the the Canadian government recognise the carnage as a 'genocide'.

 
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PM urges Sikhs to move on, pays respects to Kanishka victims

Gurmukh Singh - Mon, Jun 28 10:05 PM

Toronto, June 28 (IANS) Assuaging the Sikhs in Canada that his government was doing everything possible to heal the wounds of the 1984 riots, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday urged the community to put the past behind and move forward.

In a meeting with Indo-Canadian parliamentarians before paying his respects to the victims of the Kanishka bombing at the Air India Memorial here, Manmohan Singh said the riots were a horrible tragedy which should not have happened. The riots had followed the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi Oct 31, 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards.

The prime minister said he apologised for the tragedy in 2005 and his government also opened the issue of compensation to the victims. But the Indian judicial system has the same problems as the Canadian system, he said, hinting at the delay in justice and acquittal of the accused in the riots.
He said though it is difficult to forget a tragedy, the community should not dwell too much on the past and play its larger role in India.

However, he regretted that some groups were trying to keep the issue alive to further their separatist agenda.

The prime minister's remarks came in the meeting which also included Indo-Canadian MP Sukh Dhaliwal, who recently introduced a motion in the Canadian parliament to declare the 1984 riots a 'genocide'.
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Urging the Indian prime minister to address the issue of the 1984 riots, former Canadian health minister Ujjal Dosanj warned that many groups were using the issue to further their Khalistani agenda. 'Justice for the riots victims is far from their mind,' Dosanjh said.

Hailing the Indian government's move to give voting rights to non-resident Indians India, Dosanjh however, cautioned Singh against opening booths in Canada as this would further divide the Indian community.

Canadian Parliamentary Secretary Deepak Obhrai, who is currently the highest ranking Indo-Canadian in the government, told Manmohan Singh that the Canadian prime minister was committed to working with India to marginalise separatist elements.

'These groups are of no consequence in the Indo-Canadian community,' Obhrai assured Manmohan Singh.

Ontario province minister Harinder Takhar, who as chair of Canadian Parliamentarians of Indian Origin took the initiative to organise the meeting with Manmohan Singh, termed it 'historic and very positive for India and Canada.'

Before leaving for India, the prime minister also paid his respects to the Kanishka victims at the Air India Memorial here. He was accompanied by Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to the memorial.

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It is such a shame that Manmohan says these type of things without saying anything about the justice.All relatives of that seeking justice for murder cases should be asked to move on Why to seek justice from court? And still some people consider him as role model
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