The BJP condemned Congress leaders for honoring Sajjan Kumar, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, calling it contradictory to Rahul Gandhi's mohabbat ki dukan narrative.
Kumar died at the age of 80 on Thursday
Aug 21, 2026
11:36 am
What's the storyThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Congress for paying tributes to former party leader Sajjan Kumar, who was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
Kumar died at the age of 80 on Thursday. He had been suffering from multiple ailments like hypertension, cataract, BPH and Parkinson's disease.
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