Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (November 1, 2026) trained guns on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying his rally in Delhi on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots can only “rub salt in the wounds of the victims”.
Attacking the Congress over the riots, Mr.
“Rahul Gandhi’s November 1 ‘jalsa’ in Delhi will only rub salt in wounds of anti-Sikh riot victims,” Mr. Shah said. Shah said that thousands were killed in the riots. “The day the Sikh genocide happened, on that very day, they had to hold a rally,” Mr. Shah said, slamming the INDIA bloc for its rally at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital. Hatred was the only takeaway from Rahul Gandhi’s “mohabbat ki dukaan” for holding a rally on such a dark day, the Union Minister said.
Your turn won’t come,” Mr. “If you want to become PM, stay in mock parliament your entire life. Shah added. “Thousands of Sikhs were burnt alive. Shah. “And the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi gave a statement, and I saw that on TV, and I cannot forget that for the rest of my life. The remarks came a day after the INDIA bloc held a mock Parliament session to ‘publicly impeach’ chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who faces allegations of irregularities in the electoral processes. Opposition leaders and supporters in large numbers gathered at Ramlila Maidan for the ‘Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao’ rally against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, over alleged discrepancies in electoral rolls and concerns surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
The Minister said that on November 1, 1984, thousands of Sikhs were brutally murdered in Delhi during the anti-Sikh riots.
“Telling lies, spreading anarchy, not letting Parliament function, this is your ‘fitrat’ (true nature),” Mr. Shah said of the Opposition. Many Sikhs had to leave their homes, many children were orphaned, many sisters were widowed and homes of many were burnt,” said Mr. He had said when a big tree falls, the earth shakes,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: “If you want to become PM, stay in mock parliament your entire life; your turn won’t come,” Shah said in Chandigarh, addressing Gandhi, news agency PTI reported.
Earlier reporting noted: ‘Your turn to become PM won’t come’: Amit Shah takes potshots at Rahul Gandhi amid INDIA bloc protest Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid the ongoing INDIA bloc’s protest in Delhi, saying his turn to become the prime minister would never come. Earlier reporting noted: The home minister targeted the INDIA bloc’s protest being held in Delhi on Sunday.
