India, Sept. 11 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Nabin on Thursday said the country will never forget the 1984 riots in which Sikhs were massacred, "nor will the BJP ever forgive the rioters".

Speaking at the 'Punjabi Gaurav Sammelan' (Punjabi pride conference) in Uttarakhand's Rudrapur, a region with a significant Sikh and Punjabi population, Nabin recalled the 1984 tragedy, noting that while words fail to describe the agony of that period, "we have seen the weight of that suffering reflected on all your faces."

Quoting former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the BJP chief remarked, "A dagger has been driven into our hearts, and a rift has opened where unity once prevailed."

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