News India Xtra@newsIndiaxtraBJP leader HS Phoolka has disputed Sonia Gandhi's account of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love. He says her claim that troops were sent in on October 31 is false.
Phoolka cited the Misra Commission, which he said found the Army was called only on November 1 and reached Delhi a day later. The commission also noted that 5,000 soldiers in Delhi were not deployed, and that 2,000 Sikh lives could have been saved.
He also doubts the memoir's depiction of Indira Gandhi's emotional reaction to Operation Blue Star, and plans to check the book for discrepancies.
