Nabin Challenges INDIA Bloc Protests in Two BJP Appearances

BJP president Nitin Nabin used a march in Rohtak on November 1 and a gathering in Bhagalpur on November 2 to challenge the INDIA bloc’s protests over alleged electoral irregularities, while accusing Congress of failing to answer for the 1984 anti-Sikh violence. At the Rohtak march in Haryana, Nabin called on Congress to apologise to the Sikh community for the violence that followed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination. He referred to a remark by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi about a “big tree” falling and the earth shaking, and said Congress should acknowledge the suffering and loss of life. The INDIA bloc held a rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 1, calling for the BJP’s removal from power and raising concerns about alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision exercise. Opposition parties also demanded accountability from the poll panel. Their claims about voter-list changes and electoral integrity were allegations, not established findings in the reports of the events. Nabin accused Congress of questioning constitutional institutions when it lost elections while celebrating democracy after...