Actor turned politician Kirron Kher on Tuesday lashed out at JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar for saying that there was a difference between the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the 2002 Gujarat riots. In a series of tweets, the BJP MP called Kanhaiya's statement disgraceful and asked if his conscience is dead. Kya aapka zameer bilkul mar gaya hai, Kanhaiya? @kanhaiyajnusu 3/3 — Kirron Kher (@KirronKherBJP) March 29, 2016 So many Cong leaders are in the dock for the 1984 riots. Statement by @kanhaiyajnusu wilfully ignorant. 2/3 — Kirron Kher (@KirronKherBJP) March 29, 2016 Disgraceful statement by @kanhaiyajnusu that 1984 anti Sikh riots were done by mobs and not state sponsored. 1/3 — Kirron Kher (@KirronKherBJP) March 29, 2016 Earlier in the day, Kanhaiya's colleagues in the larger Left movement —including JNUSU vice president Shehla Rashid Shore — expressed their disagreement. “Why should a left leader try to defend the Congress government’s role in the anti-Sikh riots, something that even Rahul Gandhi and his party cannot defend?” AISA president Sucheta De, said. READ: 2002 riots and 1984 riots are different, says Kanhaiya Kumar Shehla Rashid, also of AISA, chose to steer clear of Kanhaiya’s remarks saying that while she wasn’t present at the event where the remarks were made, “both 1984 and 2002 were acts of state sponsored violence and we must not draw contrasts between two human tragedies.” During a panel discussion on “Voices of Azaadi” at the “Jashne-e-azaadi” festival, Kanhaiya had said “there’s a difference between Emergency and fascism. During Emergency, goons of only one party were engaged into goondaism, in this (fascism) entire state machinery is resorting to goondaism. There is a difference between riots of 2002 and 1984 Sikh riots."
