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Jagdish Tytler
File:Jagdish Tytler.jpgJagdish Tytler at Manjeet Bullar Cavalry Gold Cup Polo 2010
Born (1944-01-11) 11 January 1944 (age 80)
Gujranwala, Punjab, British India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Jagdish Tytler (b. 11 January 1944 as Jagdish Singh Kapoor) is an Indian National Congress politician and former member of the Parliament of India. He was the 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 accused of inciting and leading murderous mobs against the Sikh community in Delhi after Sikh bodyguards assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms, a charge he denies.

Early days

Tytler was born as Jagdish Kapoor in Gujranwala, British India, to a Punjabi Hindu father and Sikh mother. He was later brought up by eminent educationist James Douglas Tytler, the founder of many public schools including the Delhi Public School and the Summer Fields School. It is said that upon his influence he converted to Christianity and changed his surname. In 2011, his entry into the Puri's Jagannath Temple (which is reserved only for Hindus), caused a huge controversy in Orissa. Tytler stated that he converted to Christianity, and changed his name to show his gratitude towards James Douglas Tytler, who highly influenced him.

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 Delhi Anti-Sikh Genocide

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 set up to investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. On 10 August 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.

"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 "such a clean chit ahead of the elections" implied that the CBI had been misused. Hundreds of Sikh protestors gathered outside the Karkardooma courts and raised slogans against Tytler and other Congress party senior leaders allegedly involved in the riots.

Shoe throwing incident instigated by clean chit to Tytler

On 7 April 2009, India's home minister P. Chidambaram was thrown a shoe at by Jarnail Singh, a Sikh journalist during a press conference in Delhi on the issuance of a "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, the Congress party dropped both Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as Congress candidates for the Lok Sabha elections of 2009. 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 scuttling his nomination.

2013 Sessions Court decision

In April 2013, a Sessions Court rejected the CBI report and ordered investigation against Tytler.

2015 ACMM Court decision to examine Abhishek Verma and Amitabh Bachchan as witnesses

Tytler's erstwhile good friend, High profile arms dealer Abhishek Verma is the main witness in 1984 Sikh Riots genocide case against Tytler. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Karkardooma Court Judge S.P.S.Laler in December 2015 directed the CBI to record Abhishek's testimony as witness# 8 in this case against Tytler. The other high profile witness in this case is Amitabh Bachchan.

See also

References

  1. Bio-Data of Jagdish Singh Tytler
  2. "Bio-Data of Shri Jagdish Tytler". Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
  3. Cong listens to sole - Tytler and Sajjan eased out The Telegraph - 10 April. 2009. quote(final para): "He was later brought up by educationist Rev. James Douglas Tytler, the founder of Delhi Public School and several other schools, and converted to Christianity."
  4. Ruckus in Orissa assembly over Tytler's Jagannath Temple visit
  5. Jagdish Tytler clarifies, BJD cries riots
  6. ^ CBI files final report in anti-Sikh riot case against Tytler. Press Trust of India.
  7. The Times of India
  8. Congress drops Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar
  9. Sheila shooed me out
  10. Sessions court rejects CBI’s clean chit to Tytler. The Hindu, 10 April 2013
  11. "Abhishek Verma testimony to be recorded".
  12. "Amitabh Bachchan witness in Tytler case".

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