Technically, this was the second important (non-sarkari) report, which brought out, in January 1985, accounts of witnesses alleging that in the late hours of October 31, 1984, local Congress (I) leaders held several meetings all over Delhi to make pl
The violence was not spontaneous but organised by members of Congress-I. It was not a communal riot. It was primarily meant consolidate Hindu votes in the coming election. The State had forgotten its role of the protector. Instead, it became the coll