Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Najeeb Jung on Thursday said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been asked to send a proposal for a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
” Arvind Kejriwal met me, and he discussed the issue. I told him to send me a proposal if he wanted SIT probe in 1984 riots,” he told media here today.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kejriwal said: “”I have met the L-G and talked to him about SIT probe into the 1984 riots case. He is very positive towards this issue,” Kejriwal told media here after his meeting with the L-G.”
The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, which claimed the lives of almost 3000 Sikhs, were triggered after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. (ANI)