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'We have blood on our hands': Congress veteran Salman Khurshid's comments spark controversy

Khurshid responded to a query by an AMU student, who asked about Muslims being massacres during the Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar riots.

April 24, 2018 / 14:04 IST
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In a startling response to a question posed by one of the students at Aligarh Muslim University, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Salman Khurshid admitted that the "Congress has blood on its hands".

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While attending a seminar at the Aligarh Muslim University, a student Amir Mintoee asked Khurshid about the multiple occasions where Muslims were massacred when the Narasimha Rao-led Congress government was at the helm of affairs. He mentioned riots such as Hasanpura, Maliana, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Bhagalpur, and Aligarh.

In response to his questions, Khurshid, a veteran member of the grand old party and a former law minister, conceded that the Congress had "blood on its hands".