New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday dismissed Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi's account of the 1984 events, including Operation Blue Star, in her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, as a "lie," accusing the Gandhi family of "crocodile tears" and saying "the blood of thousands of people is smeared on their hands."

Adressing a press conference, Sirsa rejected the memoir's account that Indira Gandhi expressed grief after the Army action at the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star.

Sirsa said, "This statement coming from Sonia Gandhi ji that Rajiv Gandhi was very sad and grieving after the 1984 Sikh massacre-all of this is a lie. If she is lying to fulfill her moral obligation as...