Rajiv Gandhi, the youngest PM of the country, was born on 20 August 1944. He did not want to enter politics. He did not like politics from the beginning. After studying as a pilot, he was living his life in a good way, but after the assassination of Indira Gandhi, he was forced to step into the world of politics. If his brother Sanjay Gandhi were alive, Rajiv might not have been forced to enter politics. He played an important role in modernizing the country and bringing computers to India, but Rajiv also had a lot of controversies. There were some controversies that still remain a weapon for the Congress's protests.
1984 Sikh riot: 'When a big tree falls, the ground shakes': After Indira Gandhi's death, people became aggressive against Sikhs. Delhi rains the most. Sikhs were massacred on the streets of Delhi for almost three days. Sikhs were looking for shelter to save their lives. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October and a few days later the newly fledged Rajiv government announced to celebrate Indira's birthday (after her death). Sikhs were mourning the house, and on 19 November 1984, Rajiv put down a very irresponsible statement on Indira Jayanti. Addressing the people in the boat club, he said, "Whenever a big tree falls, the earth shakes a little bit." His statement sent the message to the people - "As if trying to justify these killings". This statement created a lot of sensation at that time.
Bhopal Gas Scandal: Warren Anderson escapes from the country. No Indian can forget the 1984 Bhopal night gas incident. When the whole city died. Thousands of those who were sleeping in the houses were left asleep, poisonous gas started to leak from the factory of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Due to which thousands of people died. In a few hours, 3000 living humans became zombies. Union Carbide owner Warren Anderson reached Bhopal on December 7, four days after the Bhopal gas scandal, where he was arrested but he was granted bail for just 25 thousand rupees. He was placed under house arrest at Union Carbide's Bhopal guest house, but inside the whole system was helping him escape. Overnight, Anderson was brought from Bhopal to Delhi by a government plane. In Delhi, he reached the residence of the American Ambassador and then left Mumbai and then America from Mumbai by a private airline. Former Madhya Pradesh aviation director RS Sodhi had also given a statement regarding this, in which he said that he had received a call asking him to keep a government aircraft ready for Delhi from Bhopal. Anderson had reached Delhi sitting in this plane. At that time, Bhopal's Superintendent of Police and District Magistrate had gone himself to board Anderson. At that time, the CM of Madhya Pradesh was Arjun Singh and Rajiv Gandhi was the PM. According to the intelligence documents of the US intelligence agency CIA, the Rajiv Gandhi government itself ordered the release of Anderson responsible for the deaths of thousands of people.
Shah Ban Case: Rajiv government bowed before the fundamentalists. 1986, Rajiv Gandhi was still learning politics. Meanwhile, the case of Shah Bano of Indore in Madhya Pradesh came into the headlines. Her husband and famous lawyer Mohammad Ahmed Khan gave her triple talaq after 43 years of marriage. Shah Bano was evicted from the house along with her five children. The amount of Meher fixed at the time of Nikah was returned by Aham Khan, but Shah Bano demanded maintenance allowance every month. She had no choice but to go to court. The court decided the case in favor of Shah Bano and ordered Ahmed Khan to pay alimony of Rs 500 per month. Shah Bano's move also added courage to other Muslim women, which made the men of the Muslim community very angry. However, in the Shah Bano case, earlier Rajiv Gandhi had forwarded his Minister of State for Home Arif Mohammad Khan. Mohammad Arif also supported Shah Bano in the Lok Sabha. He said in the Lok Sabha that according to the Quran, reasonable arrangements should be made for a talcified woman under any circumstances. Under pressure from the Kantarpantis, the Rajiv government pulled back, as well as using its power in the Lok Sabha, overturned the decision of the Supreme Court. At that time, Rajiv Gandhi made a few Muslims happy by practicing religion, but left Muslim women for a dark future, after which thousands of cases came, where three divorces ruined the lives of Muslim women.
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