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After this shoe throwing incident, Jagidsh Tytler pressurize from congress |
After this shoe throwing incident, Jagidsh Tytler pressurize from congress party high command to withdrew his candidature from the Lok Sabha 2009 elections<ref></ref>. Jadgish Tytler accused the media of victimizing him through a media trial. Tytler blamed the ] and his enemies within the Congress party for creating the controversy during elections. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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Jagdish Tytler | |
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Personal details | |
Born | (1944-01-11) 11 January 1944 (age 80) New Delhi |
Political party | INC |
Residence | New Delhi |
As of September 16, 2006 |
Jagdish Tytler (b. January 11, 1944 as Jagdish Kapoor) is a controversial Indian National Congress politician, and former member of Indian Parliament. He was the Indian Union Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs, a position he resigned from after an official commission of inquiry noted the 'balance of probability' indicated he was responsible for inciting and leading murderous mobs against the Sikh community in Delhi during the 1984 Anti-Sikh Pograms, a charge he denies.
Early days
Tytler was born (b. August 17, 1944 as Jagdish Kapoor) in Gujranwala (now in Pakistan), to a Hindu father (Kapoor family) and mother. .
He was brought up by the eminent educationist, James Douglas Tytler, who was the founder of many public schools including the Delhi Public School and the Summer Fields School.
He was highly influenced by Mr. James Douglas Tytler and therefore, to show his gratitude towards Mr. James Douglas Tytler he acquired his surname. Since then Jagdish Kapoor was called Jagdish Tytler.
Active in the Congress' youth organisation and a disciple of Sanjay Gandhi, he was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980. He served as a Union Minister first in the Civil Aviation department and then in the Labor department. He was re-elected in 1991 and served as the Union Minister of State for Surface Transport. In 2004, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha.
1984 anti-Sikh pograms
The official report of the Nanavati Commission of the Government of India on the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots found 'credible evidence' against Tytler, saying he 'very probably' had a hand in organising the attacks. The Indian government, however, decided not to prosecute Jagdish Tytler due to lack of concrete evidence.
Tytler claimed innocence, and maintained that it was a case of mistaken identity. Tytler had not been named by eight earlier inquiry commissions setup to investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. On August 10, 2005, his resignation from the Union Council of Ministers was accepted by the President of India on the recommendation of Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh.
On April, 2004 the Indian National Congress Party announced Sajjan Kumar, Jagdish Tytler, R.K. Anand and others allegedly involved in the anti-Sikh riots, as its candidates for Indian Parliament elections for constituencies in and around Delhi. Sajjan Kumar, R.K.Anand, Darshan Sharstri and H.K.L.Bhagat were accused by several independent commissions of inquiry of being complicit in the riots, including the People's Union for Civil Liberties, the People's Union for Democratic Rights and the Citizen's Justice Committee.
The G.T. Nanavati Commission, which is now looking into the riots, continues to receive affidavits from victims with details of the activities of Sajjan, Anand and H.K.L.Bhagat. Tytler became minister of state with independent charge of non-resident affairs, a post which he relinquished under duress, following the Nanavati Commission's report.
Justice G.T. Nanavati said that Jagdish Tytler stands in a different category as evidence against him is not that strong.
Remarks against Phoolka
During an interview of Tytler and advocate H. S. Phoolka on NDTV in 2004, Tytler had accused Phoolka of blackmailing him and demanding money from him. Phoolka had filed the case at the Ludhiana court against Tytler accusing him of making defamatory remarks in programmes telecast on NDTV news channel. Harvinder Singh Phoolka, a senior advocate is noted for spearheading legal battle to gain justice for the victims of 1984 Anti-Sikh massacre.
Recently, Tytler was granted bail in defamation case filed by Phoolka.
In an interview to CNN-IBN, Justice Nanavati says the evidence against Jagdish Tytler is not that strong..
Reopening of the case in 2007
India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) closed all cases against Jagdish Tytler in November 2007 for his alleged criminal conspiracy to engineer riots against Sikhs in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s assassination on October 31, 1984. CBI submitted a report to the Delhi court which stated that no evidence or witness was found to corroborate the allegations against Tytler of leading murderous mobs during 1984 . It was also alleged in the court that then member of the Indian Parliament Jagdish Tytler was complaining to his supporters about relatively "small" number of sikhs killed in his parliamentary constituency Delhi Sadar, which in his opinion had undermined his position in the ruling Indian National Congress party of India.
However in December 2007, a witness Jasbir Singh, who lives in California, appeared on several private television news channels in India, and stated that he was never contacted by Central Bureau of Investigation. India's main opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded an explanation from the minister in charge of CBI in Indian Parliament. However, Minister of State for Personnel Suresh Pachouri, who is in charge of department of CBI, and was present in the parliament session refused to make a statement.
On December 18 2007, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Delhi court Mr. Sanjeev Jain, who had earlier dismissed the case after CBI submitted a misleading report in his court; ordered India's Central Bureau of Investigation to reopen cases relating to 1984 Anti-Sikh riots against Jagdish Tytler.
December 2008
In December 2008, a two member CBI team was sent to New York to record the statements of two eyewitnesses, Jasbir Singh and Surinder Singh. The two witnesses have stated that they saw Jagdish Tytler lead a mob during the riots, but did not want to come to India as they feared for their security.
Clean chit by CBI in 2009
In March 2009, when the CBI filed its final report on investigation into the riots case involving Jagdish Tytler, the BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar alleged that the "such a clean chit ahead of the elections" implied CBI has been misused. Hundreds of Sikh protestors gathered outside the Karkardooma courts and raised slogans against Tytler and other senior leaders allegedly involved in the riots.
Eleven Commissions were constituted about the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots. The general public and the people who were affected were asked to file affidavits. No affidavit was given against Shri Jagdish Tytler, by anyone in all the eleven commissions.
A twelfth Commission was constituted named the Justice Nanavati Commission. Two affidavits were filed.
1. One by S. Surender Singh, who later withdrew it, where he says that Mr. Phulka, the lawyer had fraudulently got his signature, because he does not know any language except Gurmukhi, and that he had not mentioned Jagdish Tytler’s name.
2. The second affidavit by S. Jasbir Singh, where he says that on the 3rd of November, 1984, i.e: three days after the riots, he saw Jagdish Tytler at 11.00 p.m., at the Gate of the T.B. Hospital, Kingsway Camp and had heard him say that “my position has been compromised and lowered in the eyes of the leaders and not enough Sikhs had been killed in my constituency.” He also says that he stayed in the house of S.Sucha Singh and told him everything. (We have affidavit of Jasbir Singh)
3. This is a false affidavit because he never stayed at S. Sucha Singh’s house, because S.Sucha Singh has also submitted an affidavit to the CBI where he says he does not know Jasbir Singh. There is also a press release by S.Sucha Singh where he clearly says that he has never even heard or seen Jasbir Singh. (We have affidavit of S.Sucha Singh and his Press Release.)
4. Delhi was under curfew from the 2nd November onwards. The question of the crowd at the gate of the T.B. Hospital at 11.00 pm (night) on 3rd November, 1984, or Jasbir Singh or Jagdish Tytler’s presence does not arise. (We have Document of the Ministry of Home Affairs as well as an interview of Sucha Singh by Mid Day newspaper.)
5. S. Jasbir Singh has recently got a lot of publicity where he is coming frequently on the TV Channel where he says that he has run away to America because he was threatened and afraid of Jagdish Tytler.. The truth is that S. Jasbir Singh was charged u/s 308, 506/34 of the IPC for attempt to murder and he jumped bail. There is a open warrant of arrest for him, and he has a bogus passport. There is a warrant for his arrest from the Hon. Court of Hon. Rajiv Mehra, Addl. Sessions Judge and has been declared as a “proclaimed offender” on 21/1/2004 on an FIR No, 129/97 at Police Station Indraprasth Estate, New Delhi. (We have copy of the Orders passed by the Court of Hon. Rajiv Mehra, Addl. Sessions Judge)
6. The IBN-CNN Channel comes out with a false interview of S. Surender Singh.
7. S. Surender Singh wrote a letter in Gurmukhi to Shri Raj Deep Sardesai of IBN-CNN News Channel where he warns him that he is deliberately manipulating about Jagdish Tytler’s name and says “I had not seen Jagdish Tytler anywhere” and to stop airing fraudulent interviews in his channel. (We have copy of the letter in Gurmukhi)
8. A notice was given by S.Surender Singh, through his lawyer to Shri Raj Deep Sardesai of the IBN-CNN Channel. (We have copy of the Lawyer’s Notice)
9. S.Surender Singh’s lawyer also wrote to the Director, CBI about Shri Rajiv Sardesai of IBN-CNN Channel, where he said that S. Surender Singh never mentioned Jagdish Tytler’s name. (We have copy of the letter)
10. S. Surender Singh also gave out a press release in which he clarified the fraudulently made and mischievious tampered interview by IBN-CNN.(We have copy of Press Release)
11. S.Surender Singh has given his statement to some reporter in which he has stated the truth in his conversation with the reporter. (We have the Press and Newspaper Clippings. Also the conversation as recorded on video of Shri Surender Singh with the reporter.)
12. There is a Doordarshan Disc where Jagdish Tytler is seen next to Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s dead body. (We have the timings of the recording)
Related Addresses and Phone Numbers
ADDRESSES
S. Sucha Singh, r/o Kitchen No.1, Outram Lines, KingswayCamp, Delhi 110009 (Telephone No: 65877370)
Smt. S, Darshan Kaur, w/o Late Ram Singh, (1984 victim), r/o P-67, Raghubir Nagar, Delhi
Smt. S/ Kamlesh Kaur, sister of Smt. Darshan Kaur, r/o P-67, Raghubir Nagar, Delhi.
S. Kuljeet Singh Duggal, Secretary, Gurudwara Pul Bangash, (then Executive Member in 1984) Mob: 98114 80149)
S. Kundan Singh, President, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, (then Vice President in 1984) Mob: 98113 57087)
Shoeing incident instigated by clean chit to Tytler
On 7 April 2009, India's home minister P. Chidambaram was shoed by Jarnail Singh, a Sikh journalist during a press conference in Delhi on the issue of clean chit to Jagdish Tytler. Singh, who works at the Hindi daily Dainik Jagaran was dissatisfied with Chidamabaram's answer to a question on the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) clean chit to Jagdish Tytler on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
Denial of Lok Sabha ticket
After this shoe throwing incident, Jagidsh Tytler pressurize from congress party high command to withdrew his candidature from the Lok Sabha 2009 elections. Jadgish Tytler accused the media of victimizing him through a media trial. Tytler blamed the Shiromani Akali Dal and his enemies within the Congress party for creating the controversy during elections.
See also
References
- http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050808&fname=pudrpucl&sid=17&pn=
- http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=1971 Bio-Data of Jagdish Singh Tytler
- Bio-Data of Shri Jagdish Tytler. Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
- NDTV Interview of Justice G.T. Nanavati
- NDTV Interview of HS Phoolka and Jagdish Tytler
- 25 years after 1984 riots, victims' lawyer soldiers on
- Tytler granted bail in defamation case
- Justice Nanavati talks to IBN-CNN
- Fresh probe into India politician
- Re-probe Tytler’s role: Court
- BJP to govt: Clear stand on anti-Sikh riots' witness
- 1984 riots: CBI to re-investigate Tytler's role
- Anti Sikh riots witness to give statement to CBI in US
- ^ CBI files final report in anti-Sikh riot case against Tytler. Press Trust of India.
- The Times of India
- Jagdish Tytler withdrew from candidature
External links
- "United States Should Not Let Tytler Enter Country" Statement by New York Representative Edolphus Towns in US Congress.
- Jagdish Tytler
- "I am innocent: Tytler" - rediff.com article dated August 8, 2005
- NDTV X-Factor discussion about involvement of HKL Bhagat, Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and Congress Party in 1984 riots
- After Apology, Congress Tries to Scuttle Sikh Massacre Report
- NDTV Interview of HS Phoolka and Jagdish Tytler