Media saddens. They question right to speak truth. They distort reply to isolated hostile question by imputing conf… https://t.co/NVYWLXqbE8 — Salman Khurshid (@salman7khurshid) 1524565846000

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Salman Khurshid said yesterday that his party does have blood on its hands and that people should learn from that mistake, reported Times Now."I'm a part of the Congress so let me accept that we have blood on our hands," said Khurshid at an event in Aligarh Muslim University.Following Khurshid's comments, the Congress said that the party has always striven to build an egalitarian society."Congress disagrees with statement of Salman Khurshid in toto. Everyone must know that both prior and post-Independence Congress is only party which has worked towards building an egalitarian society by carrying all sections of people together as also religious and ethnic minorities: Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member PL Punia said.According to ANI news agency, Khurshid was replying to a question asked by a former AMU student, who was identified as Amir, about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the riots following the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, when the Congress was in power at the Centre.It was in reference to these instances that Khurshid talked about the Congress having blood on its hands. He said he understood why he was being asked this question."This is the reason you're telling us that if someone attacks you then we (Congress) must not come forward to protect you," he said.The senior Congress leader then said this should be learning experience for others."I'm telling you this, we're ready to show the blood on our hands so that you understand that you must not get blood on your hands. If you attack them, you are the ones who would get stains on your hands. Learn something from our history and don't create such a situation...so that when you come back to AMU after 10 years no one will ask you this question," said Khurshid.Later in the day, Khurshid accused the media of indulging in "sensationalism for profit"."Media saddens. They question right to speak truth. They distort reply to isolated hostile question by imputing confession instead of reporting ‘despite allegations would you deny our duty to protect you from harm?’ Sensationalism for profit?" He tweeted.Khurshid has lately not been fully towing the party line. Last week, he expressed unhappiness that the Congress was seeking to get the chief justice of India impeached."Impeachment is too serious a matter to be played with frivolously on the grounds of disagreement with any judgement or point of view of the Court," he said last week.