Jagdish Tytler | |
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 Jagdish Tytler in 2005 | |
| Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs | |
| In office 1991–1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jagdish Kapoor 17 August 1944 Gujranwala, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Residence | New Delhi |
Jagdish Tytler (born Jagdish Kapoor; 17 August 1944) is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament. He has held several government positions, the last being as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Overseas Indian Affairs, a post from which he resigned after publication of a report by an official commission of inquiry, known as the Nanavati Commission.
The commission had noted that he "very probably" had a hand in organizing attacks on the Sikh community in Delhi after Sikh bodyguards assassinated the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He has not been charged with any crimes related to those riots. Currently, he is serving as a permanent committee member of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.
Due to the controversy concerning his involvement in the riots, the Congress party dropped his name as the candidate for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.[1]
- ^ Changing Electoral Politics in Delhi: From Caste to Class, SAGE, p.95, Sanjay Kumar