SAD dead against tainted Tytler for Olympics

July 09, 2012 18:02

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The Shiromani Akali Dal today opposed any move to include former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler in the official Indian delegation to London Olympics. "The inclusion of a person accused of grave human rights violation is an insult to humanity and would send the wrong signal worldwide," SAD secretary and spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said in a statement.

Tytler had yesterday said he had no plans to go to London for the Olympics. The statement from Punjab's ruling party came a day after Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) said it was seeking Prime Minister Mamonhan Singh's intervention to ensure that Tytler's name is not among the delegates as there were allegations against him in connection with 1984 anti-Sikh riots which followed the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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