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Can Manomohan survive? Will Congress and Sonia Gandhi allow punishing the tainted ministers?
Manmohan Singh is in deep trouble. So are Sonia Gandhi and her Congress party. Mounting a fresh offensive against the UPA government on the Nanavati Commission report, BJP on Wednesday asked Manmohan Singh to either distance himself from Congress or make it apologise to the entire nation, get cases filed against the guilty and remove "suspected" ministers from the cabinet.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said government will take all possible steps within the ambit of law to reopen or further examine individual cases recommended by the Nanavati Commission report on 1984 anti-Sikh violence.
Intervening in a debate on an Opposition-sponsored adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha, Singh said "there is absolutely no evidence" of involvement of late Rajiv Gandhi or any other high-ranking congress leader in the violence that followed the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
Can Manmohan really survive this onslaught?
Experts say yes, he will if he can just stay cool. Appealing to the Opposition to put behind this bitterness, Singh said, "We should throw away partisan spectacles and work together to find new pathways to ensure that such tragedies never take place".
Observing that government "cannot act if the Commission itself is not sure", the Prime Minister said "however, there is something called perception and sentiments."
"Government respects and bows to these sentiments expressed in the House today (Wednesday). Our government assures the House that wherever the commission has named any specific individuals as needing further examination or specific cases needing re-opening and re-examination, the government will take all possible steps to do so within the ambit of law," he said, adding "this is a solemn promise and a solemn commitment to this House."
The most important issue is the need to rehabilitate the families of those affected by that "national tragedy", the Prime Minister said.
"Twenty years after the events, it may be considered late in the day to be saying this. However, if there has been any shortcoming in this regard, it is our solemn assurance that we will make sincere efforts to redress these shortcomings," he said.
"We will try to ensure that widows and children of those who suffered in this tragedy are enabled to lead a life of dignity and self-respect. It will be our honest attempt to wipe out tears from every suffering eye," he said.
Describing the 1984 incidents as a "national shame, a great human tragedy", he appealed to political parties not to politicize a human tragedy.
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