Sajjan Kumar

Sajjan Kumar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1980 – 1984
Preceded byChaudhary Brahm Prakash
Succeeded byChaudhary Bharat Singh
In office
1991 – 1996
Preceded byTarif Singh
Succeeded byKrishan Lal Sharma
In office
2004 – 2009
Preceded bySahib Singh Verma
ConstituencyOuter Delhi
Personal details
Born (1945-09-23) 23 September 1945 (age 79)
Delhi, British India
Political partyIndian National Congress (1980–2018)
ResidenceNew Delhi
Known forLife imprisonment for inciting and abetting mobs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Source: [1]

Sajjan Kumar (born 23 September 1945) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Outer Delhi as a member of the Indian National Congress but resigned from the primary membership of the party after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Sajjan Kumar writes to Rahul Gandhi, resigns from Congress". The Economic Times. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention in 1984 Riots Court Order on Sajjan Kumar".