"Rahul Gandhi is ill-informed. In 1984, police hardly fired at the rioters, it was in collusion with the government. In Gujarat, 300 rioters died in police firing. Around 65,000 rioters were arrested in Gujarat... more than 4,000 cases have been chargesheeted and hundreds have been convicted," BJP leader Arun Jaitley said.

"Even the chief minister (Narendra Modi) has gone through enquiries. What did they (Congress) do in 1984," Jaitley questioned. "Which Congressman has ended in jail because of 1984? The call for 'khoon ka badla khoon' (an eye for an eye) was heard in AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) first," he said.

Then prime minister Indira Gandhi was taken to AIIMS after being shot by her Sikh bodyguards.

Asked about Rahul's refusal to apologise, Jaitley said: "We are not expecting him to go that far. We are just expecting him to have correct lessons of history."

Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, meanwhile, said Rahul Gandhi knew the Congress would be defeated in the Lok Sabha polls a few months from now and was shying away from a debate with the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Modi.

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