SIT formed, 300 cases reopened: 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims got justice after 2014, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday, October 13, said that justice to the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots started being delivered only after the Narendra Modi government assumed office in 2014. Addressing a programme of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee in Delhi, Shah said 300 cases related to the 1984 riots were reopened and compensation of Rs 5 lakh was given to the families of each of the victims after 2014."No one can forget the riots of 1984. No one was punished in those riots until the Modi government assumed office. Many inquiry commissions were formed but did not yield results. But Modi formed SIT, reopened 300 cases, and started sending those who were guilty to jail,” he said.Compensation for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victimsThe home minister said that after so many years, the process of giving compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the 3,328 victims was done by the Modi government. Paying glowing tributes to the Sikh gurus and the Sikh community, he said the Sikhs move forward taking both religion and karma equally, and when it is an issue of sacrificing one's life for religion, a true Sikh never looks back.He said that from the days of the independence struggle to the security of the country now, the sacrifice of Sikh brothers is unparalleled. Shah paid tributes to the Sikh gurus and said: "I bow my head to the Guru tradition of the Sikh religion. Guru tradition of 10 generations of Sikh Panth has set before the world an excellent example of struggle and sacrifice against injustice and barbarity before the invaders." He said the contribution of the 9th Guru Teg Bahadur to the country can never be forgotten.नागरिकता संशोधन अधिनियम के तहत पड़ोसी देशों के प्रताड़ित सिख बहनों-भाइयों को नागरिकता देने के रास्ते मोदी जी ने ही खोले हैं: श्री @AmitShah https://t.co/UHsoIUzNAU— Office of Amit Shah (@AmitShahOffice) October 13, 2023

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SIT formed, 300 cases reopened: 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims got justice after 2014, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said justice to the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots started being delivered only after PM Modi assumed office.

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