Sir — Nothing could have hurt the Sikh community more than what Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said in his recent television interview. He claimed that the then Congress regime had no hand in the orchestrated 1984 Sikh massacre; in fact, the Government had tried to contain the violence. Understandably, the Akali Dal and the affected Sikh community have reacted strongly. By not apologising for the carnage in response to a specific query from the television anchor, the Congress leader has also forfeited his party’s right to the oft-repeated demand for Mr Narendra Modi’s apology for the 2002 violence in Gujarat.