New Delhi: Attacking ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi, the BJP has blamed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. BJP said that the 'instructions to kill' came directly from 'then PM Rajiv Gandhi's office'.

The remark of BJP comes ahead of elections in Punjab. Taking to the Twitter, BJP wrote, "It’s on record of Nanavati Commission that probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the biggest genocide of India in which the government killed its own citizens, that instructions to kill came directly from the then PM Rajiv Gandhi’s office.” "The country awaits justice for this karma," the party further said.

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The latest attack on former PM Rajiv Gandhi comes after a massive controversy erupted following PM Modi's remarks that the former PM used INS Viraat as 'personal taxi' during his 10-day vacation.

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During a Rally PM Modi had said, "INS Viraat was insulted by using it as a personal taxi. This happened when Rajiv Gandhi and his family were out for a 10-day vacation. INS Viraat was deployed for securing our maritime boundary. But it was diverted to take the Gandhi family which was out for a vacation.”

PM has further said, “Rajiv Gandhi was accompanied by his in-laws who had come from Italy. Question is whether the security of the nation was not compromised by taking foreigners onboard a warship," PM referred to Gandhi as 'Bhrashtachari no 1' in reference to the Bofors scam.