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The Story of Jarnail Singh is a Reminder of an India that We ve Lost
It was in 2009 that a reporter felt free enough to not just question a top minister but fling a shoe in anger. No minister should be subjected to that. Ever. But how about making reporters free enough to throw questions?
Representative image of a demonstration against attack on the freedom of press. Photo: Reuters
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During a press conference in 2009, Sikh journalist Jarnail Singh threw a shoe at then home minister P. Chidambaram who was seen to be defending the Central Bureau of Investigation’s exoneration of Jagdish Tytler, indicted by fact-finding commissions as a key facilitator of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence. Singh was arrested but then let off. Subsequently, he fought and won an election and became an MLA. However, his day in the sun still remained that one act of defiance.