Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Punjab organised a day long conclave and photo exhibition titled ‘ZAKHAM 84 DE’ in Chandigarh, today. Inaugurated by Punjab BJP President, Kewal Singh Dhillon and In-charge, BJP Punjab, Dr. Satish Poonia, the exhibition presented incidents, evidence and the human suffering caused by the massacre, 42 years ago.
The conclave brought together survivors, eyewitnesses, legal experts, former judges and community representatives to discuss the four-decade legal battle for justice and the rehabilitation of affected families. Besides survivors and eye-witnesses of the massacre, those who addressed include Member of Parliament and former Union Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, who fought cases related to the 1984 massacre in the Supreme Court.He asked senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi that has he ever apologized for this massacre which is a black spot.
Member of Parliament, Vikramjit Singh Sahney who lost five of his family members in Punjab, Advocate H. S. Phoolka, who fought a 42-year-long struggle to ensure justice and punishment for those responsible for the massacre and Justice S. N. Dhingra who headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Supreme Court to reinvestigate closed cases related to the 1984 massacre also addressed the conclave.
