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Manmohan Singh shared his relationship with Gujral
By: Tupaki Desk | 5 Dec 2019 11:10 AM GMT
1984 riots could have been avoided if Narsimha Rao had listened to Gujral's advice: says Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh shared his relationship with Gujral
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Sikh massacre of 1984 in Delhi could have been avoided had the then Home Minister Narsimha Rao acted upon the advice of Inder Kumar Gujral. During the event on Wednesday, Singh also shared how his relationship with Gujral grew after the Emergency of 1975-77.
Speaking at an event to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Gujral, the former prime minister said: "When the sad event of 1984 took place, Gujral Ji on that very sad evening went to the then Home Minister PV Narasimha Rao and said to him that the situation is so grave that it is necessary for the government to call the army at the earliest. If that advice would have been heeded, perhaps the massacre that took place in 1984 could have been avoided."
Gujral was the 12th Prime Minister of India in the United Front government between April 1997 and March 1998. He resigned from the Congress and joined Janata Dal in 1988. Gujral died due to multiple organ failure on November 30, 2012, aged 92, just four days short of his 93rd birthday.
Manmohan Singh shared his relationship with Gujral
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Sikh massacre of 1984 in Delhi could have been avoided had the then Home Minister Narsimha Rao acted upon the advice of Inder Kumar Gujral. During the event on Wednesday, Singh also shared how his relationship with Gujral grew after the Emergency of 1975-77.
Speaking at an event to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Gujral, the former prime minister said: "When the sad event of 1984 took place, Gujral Ji on that very sad evening went to the then Home Minister PV Narasimha Rao and said to him that the situation is so grave that it is necessary for the government to call the army at the earliest. If that advice would have been heeded, perhaps the massacre that took place in 1984 could have been avoided."
Gujral was the 12th Prime Minister of India in the United Front government between April 1997 and March 1998. He resigned from the Congress and joined Janata Dal in 1988. Gujral died due to multiple organ failure on November 30, 2012, aged 92, just four days short of his 93rd birthday.
