Author: Correspondent
Publication: Hindustan Times
Date: November 21, 2008
URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=3d3a4311-19f8-4d77-8c1e-2bdbee58b66dmydelhimyvote_Special
A day after Rahul Gandhi termed the 1984 anti-sikh
riots "wrong" and advocated punishment to the guilty, the Shiromani
Akali Dal (SAD) has launched a scathing attack on the Congress' "crocodile
tears".
On Thursday, SAD Delhi state president Manjit
Singh G.K. said the Congress is still shielding the guilty of 1984 Sikh riots.
Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, whose cases the CBI is still investigating
in the murders of Sikhs, are leading the election campaign of the Congress,
Singh said.
"The prominent presence of Sajjan Kumar
at the time of release of the Congress manifesto shows the double standards
the Congress party maintains," said Singh.
"The Congress has also given ticket to
former police officer Amod Kanth who was involved in the anti-Sikh riots.
The President Medal had been awarded to him for the arrest of 16 desperados
from Paharganj. They were actually innocent Sikhs who were hiding from a mob
and included five women and five children. The High Court has sought papers
from the President house on the basis of which Kanth was awarded the medal,"
Singh said.
Kanth could not be contacted for comment despite
repeated attempt
