On Monday, the alleged perpetrators of violence against Sikhs in 1984, Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Singh Tytler, were asked to leave the venue of the fast that party president Rahul Gandhi and other party workers are set to undertake in the national capital.

During the interview with Times Now, Tytler rubbished the claims that he was sidelined and said he was not there to sit on the stage but give support to the organizations. Meanwhile, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Maken said that nobody was asked to leave but added that the enclosure at the venue was only meant for a few office-bearers of the party.

Rahul Gandhi was scheduled to sit on a day's fast at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat in Delhi. He sat on a fast along with Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken and other party workers. The Congress workers are holding a day-long fast at their state and district headquarters across the nation to protest against clashes during the Dalit protests on April 02, 2018, and promote communal harmony.

The day-long fast will also highlight the BJP-led NDA government's "failures" related to the recent CBSE paper leak, multi-crore PNB scam, non-functioning of Parliament and to press for the grant of Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh. The Congress will also raise issues related to the alleged dilution of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, farmers' distress and also disillusionment among the country's youth. Notably, the BJP MPs will observe a fast on April 12 to protest the stalemate in Parliament. Tytler and Kumar have been accused of fomenting and participating in the riots following the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984. In the meantime, the BJP has released a video to counter Rahul Gandhi’s fast, captioning it as ‘Rahul Gandhi may choose to go on fast but should refrain from spreading falsehoods’.