There is a difference between 2002 & any other riots that India has ever witnessed. The complicity of the govt.!! 1984 was bad & yes some congressmen were involved but the govt. of the day was not. RG was on the streets of Delhi to control the riots. Tytler, Bhagat etc have been sen to political oblivion. Nobody within or outside the party treats them as heroes.
But Guj is different...As ABV himself said..Raja cannot let go of the Rajdharma. Thats the prime reason why it is seen as a blot on independent India ( As hon ABV himself pointed out)