New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Monday distributed appointment letters to family members of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims and also renamed the "Vidhwa Colony" in West Delhi's Tilak Vihar to "Mata Gujri", the mother of Guru Gobind Singh.
LG Saxena said in a post on X: "Was blessed to rename the tragically named 'Vidhwa Colony' in West Delhi after Mata Gujri, the mother of Guru Gobind Singh ji on the occasion of his Prakash Purab. The colony was named so because the residents there were mostly widows of the men killed during the dastardly ant-Sikh riots of 1984."
"I had, in November 2024 distributed such appointment offers as well and promised then, that the pending applications will be verified through special cam...