00:00Now, Congress MP Dipendur Singh Hudda is facing intense backlash after his comments on the death of the 1984 anti
00:08-Sikh riots convict, Sajjan Kumar.
00:11Hudda has described the demise as a big loss and called Kumar a role model.
00:16Remarks that triggered a major outrage among the Sikh community and as well as within the Congress.
00:21After the controversy, it only took 24 hours for Hudda to take a U-turn about his comments.
00:27So, what exactly happened here? Take a look at this report.
00:40Sajjan Kumar, who was serving life sentences in connection with 1984 anti-Sikh riots, passed away on Thursday.
00:47But the demise of the former Congress MP, who was behind killings of five Sikhs in Delhi, has snowballed into
00:54a massive political storm.
00:56Congress Haryana MP Dipendur Hudda described his death as an irreparable loss and called him a role model.
01:11The controversial comment triggered sharp criticism within the Congress, especially the Punjab Congress, which is facing a pole battle.
01:19Former Punjab Chief Minister Chananjeet Singh Chandni slammed the comment and stressed that Sajjan Kumar, traitor and killer of Sikh,
01:28who disgraced humanity.
01:30Chananjeet Singh also claimed that calling Sajjan Kumar a role model was a sin.
01:35Sajjan Kumar is a Sikh community, a traitor. He is a traitor. He has killed the Sikhs and killed the
01:44Sikhs and died.
01:46He is a role model. He is a traitor. He is a traitor.
01:51He is a traitor. He is a traitor.
02:19Despite the clarification, the controversy continues to simmer in pole-bound state, which
02:24is already facing a divide between Channi and Punjab Kong chief Amrinder Singh Rajavali.
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