Opinion | Selective Outrage On Gaza Cannot Erase Congress's Own History

Many will view it as an attempt to appeal to sections of the Muslim electorate while remaining unwilling to fully confront the Congress party's own unresolved moral legacy

Sonia Gandhi’s article on Gaza is not a lesson in morality; it is a textbook example of selective outrage. Before lecturing India on human rights, the Congress leadership must first answer for one of the darkest chapters in independent India’s history: the anti-Sikh massacres of 1984 and the long years of suffering that followed in Punjab. In November 1984, thousands of innocent Sikhs were massacred. Men were dragged from their homes, beaten with iron rods, doused in kerosene, and burnt alive. Entire families were wiped out. Gurdwaras were desecrated. Homes and businesses were looted and reduced to ashes. Children watched their fathers being lynched. Mothers watched helplessly as their sons were murdered before their eyes. Thousands of women were widowed overnight, and numerous survivors have recounted horrific sexual violence that left lifelong physical and psychological scars.

Before Sonia Gandhi sheds tears for Gaza, she should ask herself one question: Has she ever paused to wipe the tears of Satnami Bai? Satnami Bai’s........

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