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&lt;p id=&quot;p_1&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/k847hOowO70&quot; width=&quot;690&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also read: Don't blame Modi for Godhra if you are ready to spare Gandhis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_3&quot;&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_4&quot;&gt;In 1984 the Bhopal gas tragedy ended up claiming thousands of lives while thousands were also killed in the anti-Sikh riots. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi let accused Warren Andersen go in the former incident. The Police watched silently in the latter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_5&quot;&gt;Rajiv also dismissed the riots saying, &quot;&lt;em&gt;Jab bada ped girta hai tab dharti hilti hai&lt;/em&gt;&quot; (The ground shakes when a big tree falls). The Kashmiri Pandits' exodus also began under Rajiv's watch and he also antagonised Muslim women in the Shah Bano case and the entire community by the act of opening of the Babri Masjid locks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_6&quot;&gt;Read more &lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #0000ff;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.dailyo.in/politics/narendra-modi-godhra-communal-riots-secularism-babri-masjid-hindutva-shah-bano-case-dadri/story/1/7034.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Watch Rajiv Gandhi's 'big tree falls' speech justifying 1984 anti-Sikh riots

Releasing the video, lawyer HS Phoolka has demanded that Bharat Ratna given to the former PM be taken back.