Washington, Nov. 2 -- Four lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives have introduced a resolution to formally recognise and commemorate the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as a "genocide".

The resolution sponsored by Republican Congressman David Valadao, calls for official recognition of the riots that followed the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as the "1984 Sikh Genocide" as well as for "all perpetrators, regardless of rank or status, to be brought to account".

The resolution is being supported by groups like the Sikh Coalition, the American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, the American Sikh Caucus Committee and Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund among others. However, an identical measure introduced by Repr...