‘Mind your tongue’: Congress vs Congress erupts over ‘role model’ praise for Sajjan Kumar

His
ema ks
came
amid
a
g owi g
co t ove sy
ove
comme ts
made
by
some
Co g ess
leade s
i cludi g
Deepe d a
Hooda
followi g
Kuma ‘s
death
o
Thu sday.

NEW
DELHI:
Co g ess
MP
a d
fo me
Pu jab
chief
mi iste

Cha a jit
Si gh
Cha i
hit
out
at
his
pa ty
colleagues
ove
thei
ema ks
desc ibi g
fo me
Co g ess
leade
Sajja
Kuma
as
a
” ole
model”.
Cha i
said
those
p aisi g
Kuma
should
“mi d
thei
to gue”.I
a
video
posted
o
X
o
Satu day,
Cha i
said,
“Sajja
Kuma
is
a
kille
of
the

Sikh
commu ity,
a
t aito ;
he
co spi ed
to
have
Sikhs
killed….
Fa
f om
bei g
a
ole
model,
eve
utte i g
his
ame
is
a
si .
If
such
people
become
ole
models,
the
cou t y
will
be
dest oyed.””He
should
have
bee
shot
i
a
public
place;
i stead,
he
died
i
p iso .
If
someo e
is
calli g
him
a
ole
model,
the
they
should
mi d
thei
to gue
a d
themselves,”
Cha i
said.

His
ema ks
came
amid
a
g owi g
co t ove sy
ove
comme ts
made
by
some
Co g ess
leade s
i cludi g
Deepe d a
Hooda
followi g
Kuma ‘s
death
o
Thu sday.Hooda
had
desc ibed
Kuma ‘s
death
as
a
“i epa able
loss”
a d
p aised
his
co ectio
with
people
a d
co t ibutio
to
Delhi.”Today,
such
a
loss
has
occu ed
o
the
cou t y’s
political
ho izo ,
which
ca ot
be
made
up
fo .
Sajja
Kuma
was
ot
just
a
pe so ality
of
Delhi,
u al
Delhi,
a d
the
whole
of
No th
I dia,
but
the
co ectio
he
had
with
people
was
a
example,”
Hooda
had
said.

“His
example
is
give ,
a d
the
way
he
stood
by
people
i
thei
joys
a d
so ows,
a d
the
co t ibutio
he
made
to
Delhi’s
developme t,
is
emembe ed
to
this
day.
His
passi g
has
caused
a
g eat
loss,”
he
added.The
ema ks
t igge ed
c iticism
f om
Sikh
g oups
a d
political
pa ties.

Sikh
leade s
a d
families
affected
by
the
1984
viole ce
p otested
outside
Co g ess
leade
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
eside ce
i
New
Delhi
o
Satu day.The
Delhi
Sikh
Gu dwa a
Ma ageme t
Committee
dema ded
a
apology
a d
sought
cla ity
o
whethe
Hooda’s
ema ks
eflected
the
Co g ess’s
positio .Co g ess
leade s
i
Pu jab
have
si ce
dista ced
themselves
f om
Hooda’s
comme ts.Pu jab
Co g ess
p eside t
Am i de
Si gh
Raja
Wa i g
said
the
ema ks
may
have
bee
Hooda’s
“pe so al
view”.Kuma ,
80,
died
while
se vi g
a
life
se te ce
i
co ectio
with
the
1984
a ti-Sikh
iots.The
Delhi
high
cou t
co victed
him
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.