Saini slams Congress over Nov 1 protest date, links it to 1984 anti-Sikh carnage

Chandigarh, Oct 24 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday launched a scathing assault on the Congress, accusing the party of insensitivity and political expediency for scheduling its massive protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on November 1, a date that coincides with the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence. In a blistering attack that sought to corner the opposition on both emotive and institutional grounds, Saini questioned why the Congress-led INDIA bloc had chosen a day seared into Sikh collective memory for its rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan against alleged…