PM Modi Lambasts Congress Over 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, Says He Opened Files on Rioters | Top Quotes

Gurdaspur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked Congress over 1984 anti-Sikh riots, while stressing that he was one who opened files on rioters so as to ensure guilty were punished, news agency PTI reported. dressing a poll rally in Punjab's Gurdaspur, he also referred to role of Sikhs in agitation for Ram temple in Ayodhya. PM Modi also alleged that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann cannot take any decisions on his own and h to go to Tihar Jail in Delhi to take orders.

Here are key points from PM Modi's fiery speech in Gurdaspur:

• INDI bloc allies abuse each or in Punjab, PM Modi said.
• Congress party's 'royal family' removed Amarinder Singh from chief minister's post when he refused to obey orders 
• 'Delhi ke darbari' are running Punjab. Punjab CM cannot take any decision on his own.
• His 'maalik' went to jail and Punjab government started shutting down," prime minister said, referring to arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejrwal in excise policy-linked money laundering case.

• To take new orders and run government, CM (Mann) h to go to Tihar jail" 
• "He (Mann) h to present his report card to him (Kejriwal)", Modi said while canvassing for BJP Lok Sabha polls candidates Dinesh Babbu (Gurdaspur), Taranjit Singh Sandhu (Amritsar) and Anita Som Parkash (Hoshiarpur).
• Targetting Congress on anti-Sikh riots, prime minister alleged that when Congress was in power, it "saved" rioters.
• It was Modi who got files of anti-Sikh riots opened. 
• It was Modi who ensured punishment to guilty.

Separately, PM Modi also called Congress government in Himachal Presh a "talabaaz sarkar" for shutting down staff selection commission and said party also intends to put a "tala", or lock, on Ayodhya's Ram temple.

dressing an election programme in Nahan in Sirmaur district, he claimed a conspiracy is being hatched to snatch reservation from Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Or Backward Classes (OBCs) and give it to Muslims.

“I have come here to seek your blessings for a third term for BJP, not for myself or my family but for a developed nation and developed Himachal”, he said while dressing a huge crowd of supporters at BJP's 'Vijay Sankalp' rally.

prime minister said people of Himachal Presh live along border and know value of a strong nation. "(Main jaan ki baji laga dunga per Himachal per sankat nahin aane dunga) I assure you that I won't let any harm come to you," he said. 

PM Modi said he has visited every nook and corner of Himachal Presh during his days in party organisation and he considers state his second home.

(With inputs from PTI)