Thursday; June 16, 2016: Today,Kamal Nath resigning as the party in charge of Punjab affairs, the BJP said, “ the move simply proved his complicity in the 1984 riots, adding that the grand old party had teased the people of Punjab by appointing him despite knowing his involvement in the riots”.

Sambit Patra(BJP spokesperson) said,"Two things have come to the fore: first, it is the acceptance of the guilt, which proves there was the complicity of Kamal Nath in the 1984 riots; and, by appointing him as Punjab in-charge, the Congress was teasing the people of the state, which was appalling,"

Patra added,"Secondly it shows the dearth of leadership in the Congress, because knowing the fact that his name has cropped up in the riots case, he was made the in charge. This happened probably because there was no other leader left in the Congress. That's why the Congress took such an appalling step and today the Congress stands exposed,"

Kamal Nath wrote a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, as he want to relieve from his duties and Sonia has accepted his letter of resignation.

Nath in a letter said that, "Certain elements are raking up these issues now only for political gains. I am touched by the support shown by our party workers and leaders in Punjab in repudiating the false accusations. I am a practitioner of Nehruvian politics and maligning of the Congress party using false accusations is unacceptable to me,".

"Given this, I request that I may be relieved of my charge to ensure that the attention is not diverted from the real issues facing Punjab," Nath said.