Ahmed Patel is blatantly lying. At the time of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, Chandrasekhar, not VP Singh was the PM of India, a government that was in power due to Congress' support. India was facing another general election because Rajiv's Congress had decided to withdraw that support.
In the letter, the professors express their concern over the 'anti-historical' narrative Congress is trying to set that Rajiv Gandhi's tenure cannot be critically analysed
In scathing letters, 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims call Rajiv Gandhi a murderer and tell Rahul Gandhi that they will never forgive the Nehru-Gandhi family
Since PM Modi brought up Rajiv Gandhi's name into play, a pandora's box has been opened, and many skeletons that were buried deep in Congress' closet are out in the open to haunt the party.