Youth Akali Dal burns effigy of Congress leaders

Tribune News Service

Mohali, November 1

Protesting the appointment of Jagdish Tytler as special invitee member by the Congress, the district unit of the Youth Akali Dal (Mohali Urban) burnt an effigy of Congress leaders here today.

The protesters, led by YAD president Harmanpreet Singh Prince, held a dharna near the district administrative complex and raised slogans against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Charanjit Singh Channi and Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Addressing the protesters, Harmanpreet Singh Prince said the Congress had rubbed salt on the wounds of the Sikhs by making Jagdish Tytler, the main accused in the 1984 Sikh genocide, a special invitee. He said Tytler and Sajjan Kumar were the main culprits in the 1984 genocide of Sikhs in Delhi and other cities.

He said the worst thing was that Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu, who were tweeting every minute, were silent on this issue.

Simranjit Singh Chandumajra said 37 years had passed since the Sikh genocide in 1984 but justice eluded the Sikh community.