Thursday, August 11 2005 11:58 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Senior Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who was indicted by the Nanavati Commission report on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, today (Aug 11, 2005) decided to resign as Chairman of Delhi Rural Development Board.

Kumar, who represents the Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is going to meet Chief Minister Sheila Dixit to hand over the resignation at around noon, sources said.

His resignation comes a day after another Congress leader Jagdish Tytler stepped down as Union Minister for NRI Affairs following his indictment by the Nanavati Commission.

The Board, which has a corpus fund of Rs 100 crore, was set up last year with Kumar at the helm.

The Nanavati Commission that probed the Delhi carnage had recommended examination of six cases against Kumar, which were closed as untraced.

Noting that there is 'credible material' against Kumar for 'recording a finding' that he and another Congress leader Balwan Khokhar were 'probably involved as alleged by witnesses,' it said in these particular cases no chargesheets were filed.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had yesterday (Aug 11, 2005) promised in the Lok Sabha that government would take steps for 'reopening and re-examining' specific cases referred in the probe report.