Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today gave his consent to the Aam Aadmi Party government's recommendation to set to a Special Investigation Team to probe afresh the riots that erupted across the city after Indira Gandhi's assassination at the hands of her Sikh bodyguards. The proposal to set up a SIT to investigate the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 was a part of the AAP's manifesto for the Delhi assembly polls. With the Liutenant Governor acceding to the Delhi government's recommendation, Mr Kejriwal's AAP has scored a major political point ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due by May. The SIT probe is expected to endear the rookie party to the communal riots of 2002.Sikh community.
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