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| I Wasn't There During Many Congress' Mistakes, But Happy To Take Responsibility: Rahul | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, May 4: Responding to a question related to 1984 riots and the Congress' relationship with the Sikh community, Rahul Gandhi has said that a lot of the "mistakes" the Congress committed happened when he was not there, but added that he was more than happy to take responsibility for everything the party has ever done wrong in its history. Gandhi pointed out that he has publicly stated that what happened in the 80s was "wrong".
The remarks by Gandhi were made on April 21 during an interactive session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at the Brown University in the US. The video of the interaction was uploaded on the YouTube channel of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs on Saturday. A Sikh student asked a question as to what attempts he was making to reconcile with the Sikh community and referred to the 1984-Sikh riots in his lengthy poser. The student also referred to Gandhi's remark during an earlier visit to the US during which he had said the fight he was fighting was about whether Sikhs would be allowed to wear a turban in India or not.
In his reply, Gandhi said, "I don't think that anything scares the Sikhs. The statement I made was that, do we want an India where people are uncomfortable to express their religion? As far as mistakes of the Congress party are concerned, a lot of those mistakes happened when I was not there, but I am more than happy to take responsibility for everything that the Congress party has ever done wrong in its history." "I have publicly stated that what happened in the 80s was wrong, I have been to the Golden Temple multiple times, I have an extremely good relationship with the Sikh community in India and a loving relationship with them," the Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha said.
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