Congress leader Jagdish Tytler termed as a 'total lie' the allegations of some 40 civil right activists that he was actively involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Forty civil rights activists, including writers and journalists, issued an appeal to boycott the award ceremony slated at India Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi on Saturday, expressing shock at the honour being bestowed to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, an accused in the anti-Sikh riots in 1984.