Taking strong exception to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler’s wish to appear before Akal Takht, Senior Advocate and Aam Aadmi Party leader HS Phoolka said he will meet Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh in Delhi on Friday and point to the complicity of the Congress leader in the 1984 riots.
Recently in a media interview, Jagdish Tytler had stated that he wished to apologise to the Sikh community. He said that he had written a letter to Jathedar, Akal Takht that he wanted to meet him and appear before Akal Takht.
In a strong reaction to the Tytler’s statement, Phoolka has said that it is shocking and surprising that the main mastermind of 1984 Anti-Sikh Genocide wants to appear before Akal Takht Sahib. Phoolka said that he would present all the proofs
against Jagdish Tytler, showing his involvement in the Genocide, to the Akal Takht Jathedar.
Raising a finger at the President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Phoolka said that Tytler was presented a saropa and sword, just days after a criminal case was
registered against him for the 1984-riots. Phoolka has expressed apprehension that such elements may facilitate meeting between Akal Takht Jathedar and Tytler.
Tytler, former Union Minister, facing allegations of instigating the mob after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was entangled into the controversy again, when a Delhi court in 2013, directed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to reinvestigate allegations that Tytler instigated a riotous mob, prompting murder of three men who had taken shelter in a Pul Bangash gurdwara in north Delhi on November 1, 1984.
Tytler, in his defence has maintained that at the time of the incident at Gurdwara, he was present in Teen Murti Bhawan, where the body of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was kept for public tributes.