Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 11 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday criticised Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi over her newly released memoir, 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', accusing her of attempting to whitewash the Congress party's history and blaming the Army for the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.

Speaking to ANI, Chandrasekhar said he has not read the book and does not plan to read it in the near term.

"I haven't read the book, and I don't really plan to read it in the near term because of a very clear reason. I read one excerpt that quotes her views during one of the most horrific periods in Indian history, the Sikh genocide, the pogrom that was conducted by the Con...