INDIA
Sajjan Kumar has resigned from the Congress in a letter to party president Rahul Gandhi.
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has written to party president Rahul Gandhi submitting his resignation from the primary membership of the party, sources in the party said on Tuesday.
On Monday, the Delhi High Court convicted Kumar for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to imprisonment for life.
"I tender my resignation with immediate effect from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress in the wake of the judgement of the hon'be high court of Delhi against me," he said in the letter to Gandhi.
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The Delhi High Court on Monday sentenced Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
The court convicted Kumar for criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity, acts against communal harmony and sentenced to life for conspiracy to commit murder.
The conviction of Sajjan Kumar came on the day when Congress formed governments in three states and opposition leaders put up a show of unity in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
The verdict by the Delhi High Court came 34 years after the riots that followed the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The court also asked Sajjan Kumar not to leave city and surrender by December 31, imposing a fine of Rs 5 Lakh on him. "Truth will prevail and justice will be done," said the court while delivering Sajjan Kumar's verdict.
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In 2013, a Delhi court had acquitted Kumar in the case pertaining to the murder of five members of a Sikh family in the national capital. Taking cognisance of the appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims, the Delhi High Court ordered day to day hearing in Kumar's acquittal case.
According to official records, about 2,800 Sikhs were killed across India, including 2,100 in Delhi, during the clashes which broke out after then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards.
(With PTI inputs)
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