Badal urges Modi to setup Fresh Committee to probe 1984 Sikh Genocide

New Delhi, India (June 14, 2014) — Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and urged to set up an inquiry committee to find out the “real reasons” of 1984 anti-Sikh riots and role of politicians and officials. 

Badal raised this demand in a meeting with the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday, saying the “role of politicians and officials” should be probed afresh. “We have asked (the central government) to form a committee to find out the real reason for the riots”, said Badal in his 20-minute meeting with Singh. 

Badal said it was necessary to find out what “conspiracy was hatched to carry out the worst riots in the country”. 

Sources said the Punjab Chief Minister is believed to have discussed with the Home Minister various issues concerning the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and how to to put the main perpetrators behind bars. 

Last fortnight, Shiromani Akali Dal president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had said the time has come to punish the architects of “Sikh genocide”. 

Accusing the previous UPA government of shielding “culprits” of anti-Sikh riots, Sukhbir had said that the new NDA government has built up the trust of Sikhs who have been fighting for the last 30 years to get justice and hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi would deliver justice as early as possible.