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What does the court’s conviction of Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 riots case mean for the Congress leader and the party?

The Delhi High Court convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for participating in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, on 17 December 2018.

Ghosts of riots past will always come back to haunt our national political parties. If it’s the 2002 Gujarat riots for the BJP, for Congress it’s the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom.

Sajjan Kumar is one of the popular names that ALWAYS comes up along with Jagdish Tytler's every time somebody mentions the 1984 riots. As for his role in the Congress party, he's been the general secretary of the Congress Delhi unit.

Five others were accused in the case – related to the murder of five members of a Sikh family on 1 November 1984.

What happened on that fateful day in 1984?