<p class="title">The opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday protested in the Punjab Assembly the Congress' decision to appoint Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister, saying the Rahul Gandhi-led party was rubbing salt into the wounds of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA Bikram Singh Majithia (SAD) raised the issue in the state Assembly a day after his party colleague Manjinder Singh Sirsa alleged in Delhi that Nath had a hand in the anti-Sikh riots that broke out in the national capital following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Majithia said the Congress was rubbing salt into the wounds of victims of the riots by naming Nath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Parliamentary Affairs Minister Brahm Mohindra claimed that Nath had no role in the 1984 riots. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He also showed a picture in his mobile phone purportedly of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal felicitating Kamal Nath at an event in the past. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Minister Amarinder Singh alleged the opposition was politicising the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Intervening during a call attention motion on the concluding day of the winter session, Amarinder Singh said the law was taking its due course as far as allegations against Nath were concerned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said Nath served as a Union minister for more than 10 years after the allegations first surfaced against him. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The chief minister said a mere reference in the Nanavati Commission report could not be construed as Nath's involvement in the case. </p>.<p class="bodytext">"Let us leave it to the law. If somebody is guilty, he's guilty. If he is not guilty, he is not guilty," Amarinder Singh told the House. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Members of the Congress and the SAD engaged in a verbal duel on the issue. SAD MLAs raised slogans against the Congress government and later staged a walkout. </p>.<p class="bodytext">On Sukhbir Singh Badal's allegation that cases pertaining to the 1984 riots were "suppressed" over the years, Mohindra said, "The country has seen five non-Congress prime ministers, they were your (SAD) allies... If you felt so, why did you not raise it then." </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sukhbir Badal gave credit the Narendra Modi-led NDA government with giving justice to the victims of the riots. </p>
<p class="title">The opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday protested in the Punjab Assembly the Congress' decision to appoint Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister, saying the Rahul Gandhi-led party was rubbing salt into the wounds of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA Bikram Singh Majithia (SAD) raised the issue in the state Assembly a day after his party colleague Manjinder Singh Sirsa alleged in Delhi that Nath had a hand in the anti-Sikh riots that broke out in the national capital following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Majithia said the Congress was rubbing salt into the wounds of victims of the riots by naming Nath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Parliamentary Affairs Minister Brahm Mohindra claimed that Nath had no role in the 1984 riots. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He also showed a picture in his mobile phone purportedly of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal felicitating Kamal Nath at an event in the past. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Minister Amarinder Singh alleged the opposition was politicising the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Intervening during a call attention motion on the concluding day of the winter session, Amarinder Singh said the law was taking its due course as far as allegations against Nath were concerned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said Nath served as a Union minister for more than 10 years after the allegations first surfaced against him. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The chief minister said a mere reference in the Nanavati Commission report could not be construed as Nath's involvement in the case. </p>.<p class="bodytext">"Let us leave it to the law. If somebody is guilty, he's guilty. If he is not guilty, he is not guilty," Amarinder Singh told the House. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Members of the Congress and the SAD engaged in a verbal duel on the issue. SAD MLAs raised slogans against the Congress government and later staged a walkout. </p>.<p class="bodytext">On Sukhbir Singh Badal's allegation that cases pertaining to the 1984 riots were "suppressed" over the years, Mohindra said, "The country has seen five non-Congress prime ministers, they were your (SAD) allies... If you felt so, why did you not raise it then." </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sukhbir Badal gave credit the Narendra Modi-led NDA government with giving justice to the victims of the riots. </p>