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Gandhi family legacy will continue to pay for sins: Jaitley targets Congress after Sajjan Kumar conviction

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday targetted Congress party after the Delhi High Court reversed the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and sentenced him to life imprisonment for criminal conspiracy to commit murder.

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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday targetted Congress party after the Delhi High Court reversed the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and sentenced him to life imprisonment for criminal conspiracy to commit murder.

"Sajjan Kumar’s conviction by the Delhi High Court is a delayed vindication of Justice. The Congress and the Gandhi family legacy will continue to pay for the sins of 1984 riots," said Jaitley in a tweet.

Jaitley also said that the justice for the victims of 1984 was buried by the Congress, the NDA restored fairness and accountability.

A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel also convicted Kumar for the offences of abetment, delivering speeches instigating violence against Sikhs and disrupting communal harmony, saying "truth will prevail and justice will be done".

The court said the life sentence awarded to the Congress leader would be for the "remainder of his life" and directed him to surrender by December 31.

The trial court in May 2013, while acquitting Kumar, had awarded life term to Balwan Khokhar, Bhagmal and Lal, and a three-year jail term to Yadav and Kishan Khokhar.

Though the high court upheld Balwan Khokhar, Bhagmal and Lal life sentences, it extended the sentences of Yadav and Kishan Khokar to a 10-year jail term.

The high court had on March 29 last year issued show cause notices to 11 accused, including Yadav, in five other 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases which were earlier closed. The matter is being heard by another division bench.

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