India, April 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday targeted the Congress saying that the people will not forget the 1984 riots and said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stands with the Sikhs and respects the sentiments of the community.

Addressing a public meeting ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit , Modi also alleged that due to their appeasement policy, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) are opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which will benefit Hindus and Sikhs who fled due to atrocities in the foreign countries.

"The Samajwadi Party is contesting Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Congress but people will not forget the 1984 Sikh riots...The Congress is engrossed in appeasement...