Before being shoe-ed 

* Jasbir Singh, the crucial witness in the 1984 Sikh genocide case against Congress' Jagdish Tytler agreed to fly down to India and depose in the Delhi court that is hearing the matter if that could nullify the clean chit of CBI to the Lok Sabha aspirant. Speaking to mediamen in India from California, Jasbir Singh said he was ready to appear before the Karkardooma Court "if the judge summons me. I have been waiting for justice for 24 years. I want to cooperate with the court.”  

* Amritsar: Former CBI director Joginder Singh has said the CBI has overstepped its authority by commenting that the statement of key witness Jasbir Singh against Jagdish Tytler was unreliable. He said it was beyond the  CBI's jurisdiction to comment whether the witness’ statement was reliable or not. “It is not the agency but the court that has to analyse the reliability of the statement,” he said. 

* SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said the SGPC is consulting India's top advocates to approach the apex court to bring Tytler to justice and said the SGPC may even approach the International Court of Justice if denied justice.  

* Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said nothing could be more unfortunate than the minority populace awaiting justice even 25 years after the genocide. “Sikhs will never forgive the political party that has pressurised the CBI to file a cancellation report to gratify a section of its votebank,” he added.  

* Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said the CBI's clean chit to Jagdish Tytler just before the upcoming Lok Sabha election has embarrassed the Congress but did not care to explain why he did not feel embarrassed by the Congress ticket to such elements. Amarinder asked Sikhs to have faith in the judiciary. He said people should also ask Parkash and Sukhbir Singh Badal about what they did during their stint in power.

After being shoe-ed 

* The shoe didn't hit the minister. The journalist, Jarnail Singh, was promptly led out of the conference being held at the Congress headquarters. Chidambaram carried on with the briefing about India's preparedness to tackle terror.  

* It seems the shoe may end up hitting Tytler and Sajjan Kumar. There was a serious rethink on within the party, not because its conscience has been awakened, but because the weight of guilt has been exposed. 

* Chidambaram tried to take the high moral ground, saying he has pardoned Jarnail Singh. Jarnail Singh also said he was sorry. Many felt a better way was to mete out punishment. Punish Tytler for what he did, punish Jarnail Singh for what he did. And punish those who did nothing for 25 years. Why try the high moral ground? Try a higher one, instead, of justice. 

* Jarnail Singh's mother Naseeb Kaur, an extremely mild mannered lady, said she can understand what happened. And hoped the country understands too. 

* Dainik Jagran editor Sanjay Gupta said “disciplinary action” was being taken against Jarnail Singh. The newspaper apologised in Wednesday's edition. 

* Jarnail Singh made it clear that he has nothing against Chidambaram. 

* SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said Jarnail Singh had gone to the press conference with no mala fide intension, but got instigated by Chidambaram trying to justify the CBI role in the Jagdish Tytler case while responding to a question.  

* In her typical RSS way, Punjab BJP leader and Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla called it “cheap publicity stunt” and asked for stringent punishment for the “shameful act”. her party did not react, and the Badals kept mum. 

* Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal said the incident was an "eye-opener" for the Congress and that this "pain is not confined merely to the Sikh community but is shared by all right-thinking people in the country and all over the world." 

* Dal Khalsa and Damdami Taksal said they will honour Jarnail Singh. The SGPC offered legal, monetary help.