New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced a counter-protest, stating the BJP will march against the INDIA bloc rally on November 1 as the date coincides with the anti-Sikh riots in 1984.

The INDIA bloc, led by Congress, is gearing up for the mega rally in Ramlila Maidan on November 1 to continue their agitation against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. However, the BJP has objected to the date, citing the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.

Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Sirsa lambasted Congress, saying, "Rahul Gandhi seems to be following the same path that Rajiv Gandhi once took-the path that led to the Sikh massacre and...