Overview
- Puri used a series of posts on X to allege that Congress leaders guided mobs that attacked Sikhs after Indira Gandhi’s assassination, citing the Nanavati Commission’s 2005 finding of “credible evidence” against Congress(I) figures.
- He charged that police stood by as “mute spectators,” claimed voter lists were used to mark Sikh homes, and alleged inflammable materials were distributed to attackers, while invoking Rajiv Gandhi’s “big tree” remark as tacit support.
- The minister framed the violence as a deliberate massacre rather than a riot and said Congress later protected perpetrators by rewarding them with posts and tickets.
- He shared a personal account, saying his parents were rescued from their Delhi home by a friend while he was posted in Geneva as violence spread across the city.
- In a related legal thread, a Delhi Rouse Avenue Court ordered the prosecution to file written submissions in a case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, listing arguments for late November and early December.