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NEW DELHI: A day after the BJP slammed Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on 1984 anti-Sikh riots , former finance minister P Chidambaram came to his rescue and said that Gandhi cannot be held responsible for something that happened when he was just 13 or 14.Chidambaram responding to Rahul Gandhi's statement said, "Congress was in office in 1984. A very terrible thing happened in 1984 for which Dr Manmohan Singh apologised in Parliament. You can't hold Rahul Gandhi responsible for that, he was 13 or 14. He hasn't absolved anyone."The Congress president had on Friday said that his party was not involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.Responding to a question at an event in the UK Parliament about the 1984 riots, Gandhi had said, "I have no confusion in my mind about that. It was a tragedy, it was a painful experience. You say that the Congress party was involved in that, I don't agree with that. Certainly there was violence, certainly there was tragedy."ALSO READ: Rahul Gandhi says he supports punishment for those involved in 1984 anti-Sikh riotsLater, during an interactive session at the London School of Economics when he was again asked about the anti-Sikh riots and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on it, Gandhi had said, "When Manmohan Singh spoke, he spoke for all of us. As I said earlier, I am a victim of violence and I understand what it feels."ALSO READ - Rahul Gandhi should apologise for 1984 anti-Sikh riots: BJPEarlier, the BJP had lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for invoking Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh guru, during his address in Berlin, saying his party is identified with anti-Sikh riots in 1984 and he should apologise for the "heinous crime" at the Golden Temple.