Convicted leader Sajjan Kumar resigns from Congress' primary membership
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IBNS): A day after getting convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, Congress leader Sajjan Kumar resigned from his party's primary membership on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kumar reportedly sent his resignation to Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
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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