Rahul: Wasn't There, But Happy To Take Responsibility Of Cong's Past Mistakes

Responding to a question on the 1984 riots and the Congress' relationship with the Sikh community, Rahul Gandhi has said a lot of the "mistakes" the party committed happened when he was not there but added that he was "more than happy" to take responsibility for everything wrong it did in its history.

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Gandhi pointed out that he has publicly stated that what happened in the 80s was "wrong".

The remarks by Gandhi were made on April 21 during an interactive session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US. The video of the interaction was uploaded on the YouTube channel of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs on Saturday.

A Sikh student asked a question as to what attempts he was making to reconcile with the Sikh community and referred to the 1984 Sikh riots in his lengthy poser.

The student also referred to Gandhi's remark during an earlier visit to the US in which he had said the battle he was fighting was about whether Sikhs would be allowed to wear a turban in India or not.

In his reply, Gandhi said, "I don't think that anything scares the Sikhs. The statement I made was, do we want an India where people are uncomfortable to express their religion?"