News India Xtra@newsIndiaxtraBJP MP Tarun Chugh has criticised Sam Pitroda, chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, over his remarks on the 1984 riots against Sikhs. Chugh accused him of trying to shield the Gandhi family and objected to his call to forget the violence, which took place 40 years ago.
The row follows Pitroda's defence of Sonia Gandhi's memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, which went on sale on Tuesday. He called it a personal account rather than a political document, and denied that it whitewashes the 1984 riots, the Emergency and the Babri Masjid demolition.
