Ramesh Kumar is an Indian politician and a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

party. He replaced his brother

Sajjan Kumar Sajjan Kumar (born 23 September 1945) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Outer Delhi as a member of the Indian National Congress but resigned from the primary membership o ...

, who convicted and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for masterminding the

1984 anti-Sikh riots The 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh Massacre, was a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. Government estimates project that about 2,800 Sikhs ...

. "It was a similar story in South Delhi also, where the Congress high command had withdrawn the ticket of towering Jat leader Sajjan kumar, who is one of the suspects of 1984 anti-Sikh riots."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Ramesh People from Delhi Living people Indian National Congress politicians India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Delhi United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election People from South Delhi district Year of birth missing (living people)