Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Suspended Haryana MLA Raises 1984 Riots Issue in Assembly
Jarnail Singh is a suspended Congress legislator in Haryana.
He held up a poster in the state Assembly about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The poster said people who treat the alleged Sikh massacre perpetrators as role models should apologise.
Singh said another Congress legislator, Induraj Narwal, took the poster away.
Singh said he wanted to question praise given to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar.
Kumar had been serving two life sentences connected with the riots.
Congress leader Kuldeep Sharma also criticised remarks about Kumar and sought action against Deepender Singh Hooda.
The disagreement has created a dispute among Haryana Congress leaders.
Suspended Congress MLA Jarnail Singh displayed a poster demanding an apology from those who regard the 1984 Sikh riot perpetrators as role models.
Singh said fellow Congress MLA Induraj Narwal took the poster from him inside the Haryana Assembly.
Singh said he wanted to question praise for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar.
Congress leader Kuldeep Sharma had sought Deepender Singh Hooda’s removal from the Congress Working Committee over remarks praising Kumar.
Singh was among five Haryana Congress MLAs suspended over alleged cross-voting in the March Rajya Sabha elections.
- Who
- Suspended Haryana Congress MLA Jarnail Singh, along with Congress MLAs Induraj Narwal and Deepender Singh Hooda and party leader Kuldeep Sharma.
- What
- Singh displayed a poster demanding an apology from those who consider the 1984 Sikh riot perpetrators role models and criticised praise for Sajjan Kumar.
- When
- The poster was displayed on Thursday; related party suspensions occurred earlier this year, and Sharma’s letter was sent on Sunday.
- Where
- The Haryana Assembly in Chandigarh.
- Why
- Singh said he wanted to raise concerns about remarks portraying Sajjan Kumar as a role model and said such praise insulted Sikhs and Dalits.
Criticism of Sajjan Kumar Praise
Supportive Remarks and Party Dispute
Whether Kumar should be treated as a role model
Criticism of Sajjan Kumar Praise
Jarnail Singh said praising Sajjan Kumar insulted Sikhs and Dalits and demanded an apology from people who regard the 1984 riot perpetrators as role models.
Supportive Remarks and Party Dispute
Deepender Singh Hooda described Kumar’s death as a loss to the country’s political landscape and praised his public connect and contribution to Delhi’s development.
Response inside Haryana Congress
Criticism of Sajjan Kumar Praise
Singh said he wanted to expose what he called the face of Congress by displaying the poster in the Assembly.
Supportive Remarks and Party Dispute
Singh said Induraj Narwal removed the poster from his hand; the article does not provide Narwal’s explanation for the action.
- Poster message
- Those who consider the murderers of Sikhs in 1984 as role models should apologise.
- MLA involved
- Jarnail Singh, legislator from Ratia, Haryana.
- Poster incident
- Singh said Induraj Narwal snatched the poster from him in the Assembly.
- Party suspension
- Haryana Congress suspended five MLAs, including Singh, over alleged cross-voting in March Rajya Sabha elections.
- Sajjan Kumar
- The former Congress MP was serving two life sentences in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
- Recent development
- Sajjan Kumar died at age 80 on August 20.
- Internal complaint
- Kuldeep Sharma sought Deepender Singh Hooda’s removal from the Congress Working Committee over remarks about Kumar.