Modi in Gurdaspur: The rally comes at a time when Opposition parties are gearing up for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Meanwhile, it was a defeat for the BJP in three Hindi heartland states-Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh-following which the party appointed in charge- in 17 states for the General elections.
NDA govt constituted SIT to punish anti-Sikh riots accused:PM
The NDA government retrieved the 1984 anti-Sikh riots files, constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to punish the politicians who were given clean chits on the instructions of a particular family (Ek parivaar ke ishaare par jin jin aaropiyon ko 'sajjan' bata kar file daba di gayi, NDA sarkar ne unko bahar nikala, SIT ka gathan kiya aur parinaam sabke saamne hai). In January 2018, the Supreme Court had decided to entrust as many as 186 anti-Sikh riots cases from 1984 to a new SIT. In May 2018, BJP leader Ram Madhav had said the NDA government would go to any extent to punish the guilty in the crimes that were perpetrated against the Sikh community during the 1984 riots.