June 23 –– Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) said he was “disturbed” to read that Jagdish Tytler, India’s Minister of State for Non-Resident Indian Affairs, was coming to the United States to speak to the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. (Tytler, however, canceled his visit to the event held in San Diego, CA, from June 23-27).

“While there are many fine people of Indian origin, Jagdish Tytler is a person who is unfit to visit this country. He is the person most responsible for the genocide against Sikhs in Delhi in November 1984. To bring Jagdish Tytler to America is to give our implicit blessing to that massacre,” Rep. Towns maintained.

Republican Congressman from Indiana Dan Burton added, “I am also deeply concerned to learn that Mr. Tytler has been given a position in the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.... So long as people like Jagdish Tytler are in the India government, it draws into

question whether India is truly willing to uphold the democratic values that it preaches. In addition Mr. Speaker, it should also draw into question the wisdom of the hard-working taxpayers

of this country supporting a government that rewards the Jagdish Tytlers of the world with power and authority.”