Sonia Gandhi 'cried bitterly' after seeing Batla House encounter

February 10, 2012 12:35

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Just a day after the Election Commission censured him for promising nine per cent sub quota to backward minorities, union minister Salman Khurshid seems to have triggered yet another controversy.

Speaking to journalists in Azamgarh which goes to polls tomorrow, the senior congress leader invoked the Batla House encounter issue. Khurshid said the demand for a judicial probe into the Batla House encounter by a retired judge was discussed with the Prime Minister and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The minister added that when Mrs Gandhi was shown encounter images, she "wept bitterly".

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