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Text of report by Indian news agency PTI
Toronto, 28 June: The 1984 anti-Sikh riots should never have happened, a concerned Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh said Monday [28 June] but at the same time appealed to the Sikh community to "move on" to let the wounds of the tragedy heal.
Speaking to the community members here after paying homage to the victims of the 1985 Kanishka bombing at the Air India Memorial here, Singh reminded them that he had apologized to the nation for the carnage that ensued the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
"The 1984 anti-Skih riots should never have happened. I have apologised to the nation... …