India, May 4 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi acknowledged the historical wrongs committed by his party during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, asserting that while he was not present during those events, he is willing to "take responsibility for everything the Congress party has ever done wrong in its history."

The admission came during a question-and-answer session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the United States two weeks ago.

A Sikh student confronted Gandhi over Congress' role in the violent aftermath of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination, which led to the killing of over 3,000 Sikhs, largely in Delhi, amid accusations of complicity by several Congress leaders.

"You cre...