Comments | suhel_seth: WHEN THE SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT…

suhel_seth

WHEN THE SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT…

Apr 09, 2009 21:45

Much has been said and written about the shoe that was thrown by a Sikh journalist at P Chidambaram, India’s Home Minister when he refused to address the concerns raised about the Congress Party nominating Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Delhi: where in 1984, these two gents were alleged to have ( Read more... )

elections, p chidambaram, sajjan kumar, sikh journalist, congress party, jagdish tytler

Comments 1

A few questions rparvaaz April 12 2009, 18:37:22 UTC

1. What is the source for this figure of 10,000 - most of the sources I have had access to number the victims at ~ 3,000.

2. I assume that you mean 'pogrom' in the same sentence instead of 'program'...?

3. Para 5, 'events of October 1984' - again, I assume you mean 'events of November 1984' as Indira was assassinated on the last day of October and the first Sikh was killed in the early hours of November 1.

4. Was this written a few days ago? *Before* Tytler and Sajjan were dropped by the Congress?