{"id":306962,"date":"2018-12-13T11:41:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T11:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=306962"},"modified":"2019-09-07T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T09:01:31","slug":"sad-leader-manjinder-singh-sirsa-warns-rahul-gandhi-against-appointing-kamal-nath-as-madhya-pradesh-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/sad-leader-manjinder-singh-sirsa-warns-rahul-gandhi-against-appointing-kamal-nath-as-madhya-pradesh-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"SAD leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa warns Rahul Gandhi against appointing Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh CM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-306963 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Manjinder-Singh-Sirsa-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/Manjinder-Singh-Sirsa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/Manjinder-Singh-Sirsa-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/Manjinder-Singh-Sirsa-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/Manjinder-Singh-Sirsa.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Delhi MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday warned the Congress against naming Lok Sabha MP Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. Sirsa alleged that Nath was\u00a0involved\u00a0in the anti-Sikh riots that broke out in the national capital, after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Addressing a press conference, Sirsa raked up Nath\u2019s alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He further said that the party will agitate across the country if that happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSikhs are peace-loving people but will give a befitting reply to the Gandhis if they go ahead with the decision of appointing Nath as the chief minister,\u201d Sirsa added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In Madhya Pradesh, the Congress emerged the single-largest party on Wednesday with 114 seats, while the BJP got 109 seats, both parties were short of the majority mark of 116.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Mayawati\u2019s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party however, offered support to the Congress, helping it cross the half-way mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The two Congress leaders in the race to be Madhya Pradesh chief minister are Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Delhi MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday warned the Congress against naming Lok Sabha MP Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. Sirsa alleged that Nath was\u00a0involved\u00a0in the anti-Sikh riots that broke out in the national capital, after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984. 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