The BJP-led NDA kept up pressure on the Manmohan Singh government on Thursday to take immediate action against all those indicted by the Nanavati Commission despite Jagdish Tytler resigning as Union Minister.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded action against Union Minister Jagdish Tytler on the basis of the Nanavati Commission report on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Delhi unit of the Akali Dal (Badal) took out a march in Delhi demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister Jagdish Tytler.
Jasbir Singh, a key witness in the anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, on Friday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation should approach him in the United States to record his statement as he feared for his life in India. "I will give 100 per cent cooperation to them (CBI) if they approach me here (California). Why won't I cooperate? For 23 years, I am waiting for justice," Singh told NDTV.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the gathering on the inaugural day.
S S Ahluwalia, chief whip of the Bhartiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha, has accused the Central Bureau of Investigation of giving a clean chit to Lok Sabha member and Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, for his alleged role in the anti-Sikh riots, as the investigating agency had its own motives in doing so.
Union Home ministry has referred ten cases to CBI.
Bandopadhyay joined the party along with his followers at a function at Mahajati Sadan in Kolkata.
Akali Dal, the Left and the BJP walked out in protest.
Demanding registration of murder cases against those involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Shiromai Akali Dal asked PM Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to ensure justice to victims of the senseless violence or else quit.
G T Nanavati Commission, which probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has said that there was "credible evidence" against now Union Minister Jagdish Tytler that he "very probably" had a hand in organising attacks on Sikhs.
G T Nanavati Commission, which probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has said that there was "credible evidence" against now Union Minister Jagdish Tytler that he "very probably" had a hand in organising attacks on Sikhs.
In the wake of procedural delays in granting visas to Persons of Indian Origin intending to visit India, the government is considering the option of providing them 'visa-on-arrival'.
Although Delhi Assembly Speaker Ajay Maken had unofficially been tipped as a nominee for New Delhi, his name did not figure in the list.
The government on Monday said it proposed to issue smart cards in about a month's time and set up a 24-hour helpline for migrant Indian workers to protect them from 'exploitation'.
Non-resident Indians have offered to invest $2.7 billion for developing a city within a city, Minister for Non-Resident Affairs Jagdish Tytler said on Thursday.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Madan Lal Khurana has sent a letter to party president L K Advani demanding the removal of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to clear the 'taint' on the party due to the Gujarat riots.
Former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler, who quit the Manmohan Singh ministry following his indictment by the Nanavati commission, on Friday ruled out his resignation from the Lok Sabha.
SAD president Prakash Singh Badal said the appointment of Tytler as a minister of state with independent charge in the Manmohan Singh government shows the Congress' indifference towards Punjab and Sikhs.
The government expects non-resident Indians to pump in about $500 billion into the burgeoning forex reserves of the country in the next 10 years, making them the single largest source of foreign receipts.
'This is because earlier we didn't have any ministry. People came, spoke and went away. There was no follow-up. But the two PBDs have focussed on the problems,' says Jagdish Tytler.
'It will begin with 16 specified countries. It will be extended later to 70 countries,' says Minister for NRI Affairs Jagdish Tytler.
The India Investment Centre, at present under the finance ministry, will find a new home with the newly constituted non-resident affairs ministry.
"We should raise a movement like Anna Hazare. Many who have left AAP and others including lawyers, doctors need to unite to form an organisation parallel to political parties," he said, adding, "We will form a big organisation within six months."
Scores of placard-bearing protesters gathered in front of the Congress headquarters on 24, Akbar Road.
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