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Punjab BJP challenges Rahul Gandhi to debate 1984 anti-Sikh massacre, questions Rajiv Gandhi's 'big tree' remark

Punjab BJP challenges Rahul Gandhi to debate 1984 anti-Sikh massacre, questions Rajiv Gandhi's 'big tree' remark

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The BJP has accused Rahul Gandhi of avoiding debates in Parliament, a charge echoed by party leaders such as Keralam president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who on November 3 said Gandhi and the Congress were spreading lies to create anarchy. Gandhi has responded by launching a Punjab campaign from Sangrur that links the drug crisis, crime and perceived Delhi control, and he has criticised AAP leader Bhagwant Mann, arguing Punjab needs a leader who truly understands the suffering caused by drugs.

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CHANDIGARH: Senior BJP leaders today stepped up their attack on the Congress over the massacre of Sikhs in the aftermath of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984. Addressing the party's "Zakhm 84" conclave, BJP MP and former Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad described the…

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Punjab BJP challenges Rahul Gandhi to debate 1984 anti-Sikh massacre, questions Rajiv Gandhi's 'big tree' remark

CHANDIGARH: Senior BJP leaders today stepped up their attack on the Congress over the massacre of Sikhs in the aftermath of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984. Addressing the party's "Zakhm 84" conclave, BJP MP and former Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad described the…

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