Shiromani Akali Dal MP Naresh Gujral said today that the Delhi Police’s “inaction” towards protecting the lives and properties of minorities in the national capital is a “reminiscent” of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The lawmaker, whose party is a BJP ally, said no one wants a repeat of what happened in 1984.
Speaking to PTI after shooting off a letter to Delhi Police chief Amulya Patnaik, Gujral, the son of former prime minister IK Gujral, said that minorities in certain parts of Delhi are “frightened.”
In his letter, which has also been marked to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, the MP has slammed the Police for allegedly not acting on his call on Wednesday, informing them that a group of 16 people from the minority community was trapped in a house surrounded by rioters and needed help.