India, Nov. 12 -- Families of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, along with members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), on Thursday burned a copy of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir at Rakab Ganj Gurdwara in protest against her remarks on the riots.

The protesters expressed their resentment over Gandhi's account of the 1984 violence in which thousands of Sikhs were killed.

In 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', released on Tuesday, Gandhi describes the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as a "tragic and shameful" chapter in the country's history.

She also writes that while her husband and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's "heart held no bigotry or rancour", he was thrust into a moment in history when governance had failed,...