“I was not there during many Congresses, but I'm happy to take responsibility,” Rahul Gandhi said in an anti-Sikh riot.

Responding to questions related to the 1984 riots and the Congress’ relationship with the Sikh community, Rahul Gandhi said many of the “mistakes” made by Congress occurred when he was not there, but added that he was happy to have made the responsibility for the party’s mistakes in its history this time. |Picture source: ANI

Responding to questions related to the 1984 riots and the Congress’ relationship with the Sikh community, Rahul Gandhi said many of the “mistakes” made by Congress happened, and he made many “mistakes”, but added that he was happy to take responsibility for everything the party had done in its history.

Mr Gandhi noted that he had publicly stated that what happened in the 1980s was “wrong”.

Mr. Gandhi's speech was presented on April 21 at the interactive conference of the Watson Institute for International Public Affairs at Brown University in the United States. The interactive video was uploaded to the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs YouTube channel on Saturday (May 3, 2025).

A Sikh student asked a question that he was trying to reconcile with the Sikh community and mentioned the 1984 resident riots in his lengthy posture.

The student also mentioned Gandhi's remarks during his early visit to the United States, saying the fight he was fighting was about whether Sikhs were allowed to wear hijabs in India.

Mr. Gandhi said in his answer: “I don't think the Sikhs have no fear. What I made was that we want an Indian, do people uncomfortable expressing their religious beliefs? As far as the mistakes of the Congress party were concerned, a lot of mistakes happened, and when I was not there, I was upset that I had put more responsibility for the responsibility of the Congress. Losab said: “I publicly stated that what happened in the 1980s was wrong, I have been to the Golden Temple many times, and I have a very good relationship with the Sikh community in India and have a loving relationship with them.” ”

During the interaction, Mr. Gandhi once said: “All the great political thinkers, social reformers, you can go back to 3000 years – Buddha, Guru Nanak, Basava of Karnataka, Narayana Guru of Kerala, Kerala, Phule, Phule, Phule, Gandhi, Ambedkar, none of you have these people, we can kill people. Believe that all of these people should be done in a specific way.

“To me, it's the cornerstone of Indian tradition and Indian history. I don't know a person we don't know in India. None of us are like that. All of our mythical characters, Lord Ram, are that kind of people, he is tolerant, he is compassionate, Gandhi said.

In his interactions in the United States, he said there are many people in every state and every community representing these ideas and dying for them.

He said: “Gandhiji is one of those people, probably the best in the modern world, but there are a lot of them. For me, hatred and anger towards people comes from fear. If you are not afraid, you will not hate anyone.” In addition, Mr. Gandhi also slammed the BJP and called it a “marginal organization”.

“I don’t think the concept of BJP is a Hindu concept. As far as ideas are concerned, they are a marginal group, not mainstream.