Bikaner, Aug. 14 -- Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has held the "Congress' appeasement-centric policies" responsible for the genocide and other hardships suffered by lakhs of Indians in the wake of 1947 partition of India.

Speaking at seminar on the occasion of the "Partition Horrors Remembrance Day-14 August- at the Naal near here today, Sharma said "Lust for the power among the contemporary Congress leadership has led to partition of India". This had taken toll on numerous human lives, unsettled lives lakhs of others and inflicted atrocities on many.

"On the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day today, we pay tributes to all those unsung patriots who lost lives in these disruptions. We do also reaffirm resolve to respect their s...