Train services were severely affected on Thursday morning after the 1984 Sikh riot victims blocked rail traffic demanding justice. The protest began at 6.30 in the morning and ended later in the afternoon.

Slamming the Congress government at the centre, Shiromani Gurdawara Prabhandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar remarked that it was sad that even after 25 years, the Congress government had failed to deliver justice to the victims of 1984 Sikh riots.”

Makkar was addressing a gathering of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims, who under the banner of Danga Peerat Welfare Association, had given a “Rail Roko” call to demand justice to the riot victims.

Addressing the gathering, Makkar said, “It took the Indian government two days to announce punishment to those who killed Indira Gandhi, but in case of the riot victims, justice is nowhere in sight. Instead, the Congress has rewarded those who designed and executed these riots.”

Makkar warned, “The centre however should not forget that Sikhs are a martial race and we know how to fight for our rights which we will do till our last breadth.”

Adding to this, Harnam Singh Dhuman, president, Sant Samaj, said, “We will not wait any longer for justice but fight to get it. It is sad to see that the Sikh Congress leaders instead of pressing their government to accord justice are simply toeing their party high command. The Congress has not even offered any sympathy to the riot victims till date.”

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