With 'big tree' remark Rajiv Gandhi justified 1984 riots: Minister
Speaking about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "With his statement that Earth shakes when a big tree falls, former PM Rajiv Gandhi tried to justify what had happened." "This was a clear message to everyone to hush-up the investigation," he added. The riots were preceded by ex-PM Indira Gandhi's assassination by her two Sikh bodyguards.