'Will drag him to court:' BJP warns RaGa over Sikh remark

BJP spokesperson RP Singh on Tuesday challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to repeat his remarks about Sikhs in India, threatening legal action. Singh, referencing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, accused the Congress of being responsible for the massacre of 3,000 Sikhs in Delhi.

"Three thousand Sikhs were massacred in Delhi under Congress rule. Their turbans were taken off, their hair was chopped, and beards were shaved. I challenge Rahul Gandhi to repeat in India what he said abroad, and I will file a case against him," Singh stated.

The Congress leader, who is currently touring the United States, had said that the fight he was fighting was about whether Sikhs would be allowed to wear a turban in India or not.

"First of all, you have to understand what the fight is about. The fight is not about politics. It is superficial. What is your name? The fight is about whether...he as a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear his turban in India. Or he as a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear a kada in India. Or a Sikh is going to be able to go to Gurdwara. That's what the fight is about and not just for him, for all religions," Rahul Gandhi said in Virginia.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also slammed Rahul Gandhi over the remarks. He said as an opposition leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee never attacked the government in foreign countries.