1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Accused Jagdish Tytler Made Congress MCD Poll Panel Member, BJP Objects

"The Congress rubs salt on the wounds of Sikhs of the 1984 carnage by inducting Jagdish Tytler in their Delhi State Election Committee," said BJP's national spokesperson RP Singh.

The All India Congress Committee on Thursday announced the State Election Committee for the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections in which Jagdish Tytler an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case has been made a member of the Pradesh Election Community for the MCD elections 2022.

The 40-member Pradesh election committee includes Chaudhary, former Delhi Congress chiefs Maken and Subhash Chopra, Dikshit, Tytler, Jai Prakash Agarwal, Manish Chatrath, Devender Yadav, Arvinder Singh Lovely, Rajesh Lilothia, Krishna Tirath and Alka Lamba.

BJP's national spokesperson RP Singh has also reacted and said, "The Congress rubs salt on the wounds of Sikhs of 1984 carnage by inducting Jagdish Tytler in their Delhi State Election Committee. It shows they have no repentance of what Rajiv Gandhi and his team did in 1984," tweeted BJP's Delhi spokesperson RP Singh.

At the same time, amidst the ongoing struggle between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party regarding the candidate selection, Congress can release the list of about 50 percent of its candidates by Friday. In this regard, a three-member screening committee headed by state Congress in-charge Dr. Ajoy Kumar and senior party leader Anivash Pandey are holding regular meetings.

The process of the nomination started on November 7 of the MCD elections in the capital Delhi. The last date for filing nominations is November 14. The Election Commission has appointed 68 Returning Officers for the nomination process. Along with this, 250 Assistant Returning Officers have also been appointed.

The Election Commission has made DMs of 11 districts District Election Officers. The process of nomination will be from 11 am to 3 pm. Roadshows are not allowed up to a distance of 100 meters from the center during enrollment.

Delhi Municipal Corporation elections were announced on 4th November. The elections to the Integrated Municipal Corporation will be held on December 4 and the counting of votes will be held on December 7. With the election announcement, the model code of conduct has also come into force.