Sajjan Kumar resigns from primary membership of Congress
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IBNS): Sajjan Kumar, who is a convict in the1984 riots, has resigned from the primary membership of the Congress on Tuesday.
He has reportedly written a letter to the Congress President and informed him about his decision to resign from the primary membership of the party.
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," Kumar was quoted as saying in his letter to Gandhi as reported by ABP News.
The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and sentenced to jail "for the remainder of his natural life" in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, annulling his acquittal by a lower court earlier.
Following the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984, nationwide riots had broken out. In one incident five people were killed in the Delhi Cantonment area.
While Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was earlier acquitted, five others were convicted in that case related to the riot.
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