|
: ''Not to be confused with another AAP politician Jarnail Singh (born 1981), who is the Tilak Nagar MLA''. Jarnail Singh is an Indian journalist and politician belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He is a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, representing the Rajouri Garden constituency. == Education and journalism career == Jarnail Singh obtained a diploma in journalism from the YMCA Institute for Media Studies and Information Technology. He started his career as a reporter for ''Amar Ujala''. He then worked as a correspondent with the Hindi-language daily ''Dainik Jagran'' for over a decade.〔(Jarnail Singh: Profile of a shoe thrower )〕 Singh gained media attention when he threw a shoe at India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram during a press conference on 7 April 2009. Singh was upset that the minister's party, the Indian National Congress, had given poll tickets to leaders who had been accused of instigating the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom. The leaders had been "cleared" of any involvement by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) when the Congress government was in power. Responding to Jarnail Singh's question, Chidambaram stated that the CBI had not acted under government pressure, and had only submitted its reports to the court and that it was up to the courts to make a decision. Singh was not satisfied with the answer and threw a shoe at the minister in protest. Singh later stated:
Chidambaram did not press charges against him.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jarnail Singh (born 1973)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|