DHAKA: Sikh protestors gathered at the Congress office today, demanding action against party leader Captain Amarinder Singh for his recent remarks to NDTV on the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.

Amarinder Singh, who has served as Chief Minister of Punjab, had declared that Jagdish Tytler for the Congress played no role in fuelling the violence that left hundreds of Sikhs dead.  

A court in Delhi last year ordered the CBI to reopen the investigation against Jagdish Tytler after the agency said it wanted to close the case against the politician, reports the NDTV.

Families of those affected by the riots and human rights activists say Jagdish Tytler tops a list of Congress leaders who instigated the attacks against Sikhs in Delhi after prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, in alleged retaliation for ordering the army to enter Amritsar`s Golden Temple, Sikhism`s most reversed shrine, to flush out militants who were holed up there.

In 2009, following a huge public outcry in the capital, the Congress party dropped Jagdish Tytler`s name from its list of candidates for general elections.

This election too, after initially filing his nomination papers for the primaries held for the Delhi North East seat, Jagdish Tytler withdrew his name following talks with the party high command.

BDST: 1412 HRS, APR 21, 2014