Sajjan Kumar ‘role model’ post: Sikh leaders protest outside Rahul’s Delhi home, demand Congress apology

P otests
outside
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
eside ce
agai st
Co g
leade s
calli g
Sajja
Kuma
‘he o’
.
Photo
c edit:
IANS

NEW
DELHI:
Sikh
leade s
a d
families
affected
by
the
1984
a ti-Sikh
iots
staged
a
p otest
outside
Co g ess
leade

Rahul
Ga dhi’s
eside ce
i
New
Delhi
o
Satu day,
dema di g
a
apology
ove
ema ks
by
some
Co g ess
leade s
desc ibi g
fo me
pa ty
leade
Sajja
Kuma
as
a
“he o”
a d
” ole
model”.The
p otest,
led
by
Delhi
Sikh
Gu dwa a
Ma ageme t
Committee
(DSGMC)
p eside t
Ha meet
Si gh
Kalka
a d
ge e al
sec eta y
Jagdeep
Si gh
Kahlo ,
took
place
amid
heavy
police
ba icadi g
outside
Ga dhi’s
eside ce
at
5,
Su eh i
Bagh
Road.A
DSGMC
leade
questio ed
whethe
the
Co g ess
e do sed
the
ema ks
made
about
Kuma ,
who
was
co victed
i
a
case
li ked
to
the
1984
a ti-Sikh
iots.”Afte
Sajja
Kuma ‘s
death,
the
ki d
of
stateme ts
give
by
Co g ess
leade s
sayi g
Sajja
Kuma
is
ou
he o
a e
objectio able.
Rahul
Ga dhi
has
to
cla ify
today
whethe
Sajja
Kuma
is
thei
he o,”
the
leade
said.Refe i g
to
Co g ess
MP
Deepe de
Si gh
Hooda’s
ema ks,
the
DSGMC
leade
sought
a
apology
f om
Ga dhi
a d
the
pa ty.”Fo ty-two
yea s
late ,
the
wou ds
of
ou
families
have
bee
eope ed.
Ou
se time ts
have
bee
hu t.
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
Co g ess
leade s
must
ack owledge
a d
apologise,”
he
said.The
DSGMC
had
ea lie
said
the
p otest
followed
what
it
desc ibed
as
the
Co g ess
“o ce
agai
allegedly
efe ed
to
Sajja
Kuma ,
accused
i
the
killi gs
of
thousa ds
of
Sikhs,
as
a
ole
model”.

The
co t ove sy
i te sified
afte
Hooda,
speaki g
to
ANI
followi g
Kuma ‘s
death
o
Thu sday,
said,
“Today,
the
cou t y’s
political
la dscape
has
suffe ed
a
i epa able
loss…
He
is
cited
as
a
ole
model
atio wide.”Pu jab
Co g ess
leade s
subseque tly
dista ced
themselves
f om
Hooda’s
ema ks.Co g ess
MP
Gu jeet
Si gh
Aujla
said
Kuma
had
bee
pu ished
fo
his
actio s
a d
that
the
pa ty
stood
with
the
victims.”Sajja
Kuma
did
misdeeds.
He
has
bee
pu ished
fo
his
actio s.
A
leade
does
ot
lead
i
ha mi g
othe s.
We
sta d
with
those
who
died
due
to
him,”
Aujla
said.O
Hooda’s
stateme t,
Aujla
said,
“It
must
be
the
pe so al
opi io
of
Hooda
ji
but
ou
view
is
that
whateve
happe ed
a d
whoeve
it
happe ed
with,
we
sta d
with
them,
the
victims.”Pu jab
Co g ess
wo ki g
p eside t
Raj
Kuma
Ve ka
also
said
the
pa ty’s
p io ity
was
to
suppo t
those
affected
by
the
viole ce.”Sajja
Kuma ‘s
life
had
bee
full
of
co t ove sies.
This
is
a
matte
elated
to
Pu jab
a d
Pu jabis
have
bee
hu t.
If
Sajja
Kuma
is
bei g
held
espo sible
fo
it,
we
fi st
sta d
i
suppo t
of
those
i oce t
people;
Sajja
Kuma
comes
o ly
late ,”
Ve ka
told
ANI.

Co g ess
MP
Ma ish
Tewa i
decli ed
to
comme t
di ectly
o
Hooda’s
ema ks,
sayi g,
“I
have ‘t
ead
the
stateme t,
so
it
wo ‘t
be
co ect
to
comme t
o
it…
If
he
is
sayi g
somethi g,
he
is
capable
to
speak
o
it.”Mea while,
the
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
(SAD),
BJP
a d
Aam
Aadmi
Pa ty
(AAP)
i
Pu jab
o
F iday
c iticised
the
Co g ess
ove
Hooda’s
ema ks.Kuma ,
a
80-yea -old
fo me
Co g ess
MP,
died
o
Thu sday
while
se vi g
a
life
se te ce
i
a
1984
a ti-Sikh
iots
case.
He
was
co victed
by
the
Delhi
high
cou t
i
2018
i
the
Raj
Naga
case
i volvi g
the
killi g
of
five
membe s
of
a
family
a d
the
bu i g
of
a
gu dwa a.I
Feb ua y
2025,
a
Delhi
cou t
se te ced
him
to
a
seco d
life
te m
i
the
Sa aswati
Viha
mu de
case
i volvi g
the
deaths
of
Jaswa t
Si gh
a d
his
so
Ta u deep
Si gh.