FORMER PM MANMOHAN SINGH AT AN EVENT TO MARK THE 100th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF FORMER PM INDER KUMAR GUJRAL SPOKE ABOUT THE 1984 RIOTS AND SAID THAT ONE CRUCIAL STEP COULD HAVE AVOIDED THE MASSACRE. HE SAID THAT HAD THE THEN HOME MIN NARSIMHA RAO ACTED UPON THE ADVICE OF IK GUJRAL AND CALLED IN THE ARMY TO DEAL WITH THE GRAVE SITUATION THEN THE BLOODSHED MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED.