‘Clean Chit To Gandhi Family’: 1984 Anti-Sikh Riot Victims' Families Burn Sonia’s Memoir

A copy of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's recently released memoir, Belonging, was burnt at Delhi's Rakab Ganj Gurdwara on Thursday by families of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The protest was over Gandhi's account of the violence that followed the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In her memoir, Sonia writes that over 2,000 Sikhs were killed in Delhi alone. She also describes the breakdown of governance and the brutal violence against innocent Sikhs. BJP leaders have alleged that some details in the book contradict official records and historical documents.