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Indira Gandhi

The making of Maruti: A sordid history of Congress scams

Saket Suryesh - 29 December, 2018

His role in extraordinary Maruti affair, in which Sonia Gandhi and kids were equal participants, opens us to a relatively unknown aspect of Sanjay Gandhi and the Congress as an unscrupulous Business enterprise

When Indira Gandhi forced a nationalised bank to give unsecured loan to party owned entity, defaulted

K Bhattacharjee - 28 December, 2018

The Shah Commission observed that Tuli's decision was influenced by connections of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to Associate Journals Limited (AJL)

News Reports

Before Indira Gandhi was released from jail on 26th December 1978, a plane was hijacked by Congress workers

Jhankar Mohta - 26 December, 2018

A plane was hijacked by Congress workers demanding the release of Indira Gandhi

The Curious case of Justice Ranganath Misra who gave clean chit to Congress for 1984 Sikh massacre

K Bhattacharjee - 22 December, 2018

Ranganath Misra, the uncle of former CJI Dipak Misra, went on to become a Rajya Sabha MP from the Congress party between 1998-2004, after his report on the 1984 Sikh genocide, exonerating Congress

Law

Sajjan Kumar wants to ‘settle his children and grandchildren’ before he surrenders, seeks 30 days’ time

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2018

He said he had six grandchildren and the conviction came 'all of a sudden'.

Crime

1984 riots witness Cham Kaur returns without testifying as the case adjourned due to non-appearance of Sajjan Kumar’s lawyer

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2018

Cham Kaur had told before the court that Sajjan Kumar was addressing the crowd and was saying 'hamari ma maar di, Sardaro ko maar do'

News Reports

1984 Sikh genocide verdict: Does Rahul Gandhi’s statement mean he stands by Sajjan Kumar?

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2018

In August this year, Rahul Gandhi had said that none of the Congress leaders were involved in 1984 Sikh genocide

Crime

Sajjan Kumar, a mainstream Congress leader until he was convicted for the 1984 Sikh massacres

Shashank Bharadwaj - 17 December, 2018

Sajjan Kumar, who has been now convicted of murdering five Sikhs in the Delhi Cantonment area during the massacre of 1984, has stayed very close to the Congress party despite Congress party projecting otherwise.

Law