New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- A fierce political confrontation erupted across the national capital on Sunday, November 1, as the opposition INDIA Bloc's 'Chalo Delhi' march to Ramlila Maidan clashed with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) nationwide 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' (Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy) counter-campaign.

Leading a high-profile memorial protest march from Hari Nagar Bus Depot to Tilak Nagar Metro Station in West Delhi, a Sikh-majority pocket, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri accused the Congress of deeply hurting Sikh sentiments by staging a political demonstration on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.

Rejecting the term "riots," Puri classified the 1984 tragedy as an organised "genocide" and a "...