Deepender’s regret means he accepted mistake: Kuldeep Sharma on Sajjan Kumar row

This comes a day after Sharma, an ex-MLA from Ganaur assembly constituency in Sonepat, wrote to party president Mallikarjun Kharge seeking Deepender’s removal from the Congress Working Committee (CWC) for his controversial remarks

A day after Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda regretted his remarks praising former party leader and convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, Sajjan Kumar, senior Congress leader and former Haryana assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma said on Monday that this means he has accepted the mistake.

In the August 23 communication to Kharge, Sharma said Hooda’s comments had “re-opened the wounds” of the Sikh community and could damage the Congress’s prospects in Punjab, where the party faces elections. (HT File)

This comes a day after Sharma, an ex-MLA from Ganaur assembly constituency in Sonepat, wrote to party president Mallikarjun Kharge seeking Deepender’s removal from the Congress Working Committee (CWC) for his controversial remarks.

Deepender had on Sunday regretted his remarks describing the death of 1984 anti-Sikh riots convict Sajjan Kumar as an “irreparable loss”—comments that triggered a major political row, with party leaders from both Punjab and Haryana castigating him. “My intention or objective was never to hurt anyone’s heart. The Sikh community is a proud community of our country, and I am proud of such a community, whose sacrifices can never be forgotten,” Deepender said in a press statement issued from Chandigarh.

In the August 23 communication to Kharge, Sharma said Hooda’s comments had “re-opened the wounds” of the Sikh community and could damage the Congress’s prospects in Punjab, where the party faces elections.