New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday hit out at the Congress for electing Jagdish Tytler as an AICC delegate, saying the move shows that “disloyalty towards Sikhs” is in the Grand Old Party’s DNA. Is. Accusing Tytler of being involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the AAP also demanded that the Congress take steps to bring him to justice instead of rewarding him with a promotion in the party.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led party termed the inclusion of Tytler’s name in the list of AICC delegates as “disgusting and despicable” and demanded his removal “with immediate effect”.
The AAP’s reaction came after the Delhi Congress released the list of elected AICC members which included Tytler’s name.
“With yet another promotion for Jagdish Tytler, the Congress’ message to Sikhs is clear – that it will continue to brazenly display insensitivity towards Sikhs. As I said earlier, a pathological dislike for Sikhs is in the DNA of the Congress AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, who is also the party’s spokesperson, said in a tweet.
Once an influential Congress leader in Delhi, Tytler’s name figured in a report of the Nanavati Commission probing the anti-Sikh riots.
Criticizing the Congress move, AAP MLA Jarnail Singh said, “On one hand Rahul Gandhi says that he has come to open a love shop and on the other hand Congress is doing such a cheap and heinous act.” The main accused is an AICC representative.”
The Tilak Nagar MLA said that with Tytler’s election as an AICC representative, there is a lot of anger ‘among Sikhs and other communities’ across the country.
“Expel Tytler from this committee with immediate effect and take action to bring him to justice,” Singh said.
The AAP leader also targeted the BJP, accusing it of doing nothing to bring the culprits of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to justice.
He said that after coming to power at the Center in 2014, the BJP-led government in ‘haste’ set up an SIT to investigate the 1984 riots.
The AAP MLA said, “People believed that justice could finally be met. The SIT had also promised to bring the killers to justice within a year, but even after almost 10 years since then, we do not see any progress.” ”
“We request the BJP-led central government to bring justice to the victims of 1984 riots and bring the murderers to their end instead of conspiring with them,” he said.