Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday alleged that after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the Centre, there have been "riots in many places," and he called for the establishment of Supreme Court-monitored fast-track courts.

His comments followed the Delhi Court's decision to sentence Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to jail in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Cheema also accused the BJP of taking "false credit," asserting that it was the Supreme Court that had constituted the committee for the case.

"The justice has been delayed. After the formation of the BJP government, there have been riots in many places. A fast-track Court should be constituted under the Supreme Court for t...