Salman Khurshid, senior Congress leader and former law minister, made a startling comment while speaking at an event in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) yesterday.

Responding to a question asked by a former AMU student, who sought Khurshid's opinion on the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 and riots that followed the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, Khurshid said, "I'm a part of the Congress so let me accept that we have blood on our hands."

Khurshid also said that Congress leaders are ready to show the blood on their hands to make people learn from that mistake.

"If you attack them, you are the ones who would get stains on your hands. Learn something from our past. Learn from our history and don't create such situations for yourself where if you come back to Aligarh Muslim University after 10 years, you find no one like yourself putting out questions," a report on Times Now quoted Khurshid as saying.

No doubt that the senior leader's comments have come as a huge embarrassment to the Congress . The party's national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP PL Punia responded to Salman Khurshid saying, "This is his personal view and not that of the Congress party."

Salman Khurshid clarified his stance on the comments he made in Aligarh saying, "Those are my personal views. The blood stains are on my hand and not on the party."

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