When Praise for a Convicted Killer Exposes the Fractures Within a Party's Soul The recent praise for Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress leader convicted in connection with the 1984 anti Sikh riots, has ignited a firestorm within the party.
The controversy is not just about Kumar's legacy or eulogizing him; it's also about deep seated fractures within the Congress party itself.
Charanjit Singh Channi, a Congress MP and former Punjab chief minister, spoke out against his party colleagues' remarks in a video posted on X. He called Kumar a "killer of the Sikh community" and "a traitor.