Veteran journalist Khushwant Singh stated that Tohra "could have become the uncrowned king of the Sikhs", but "his vision remained limited to launching morchas and going to jail".
Later, he was publicly condemned by the Sikhs and social activists like Khushwant Singh, Guru Radha Kishan, Habib Tanveer and Amrita Pritam for his alleged role in Sikh riots in Delhi and lead to his expulsion from the party after few years.
Its environs are home to a significant number of bureaucrats from the central government, and famous people like the satiric author Khushwant Singh.
He was educated at Modern School, New Delhi, Government College, Lahore, St. Stephen's College in Delhi and King's College London, before reading for the Bar at the Inner Temple.
Columnist Khushwant Singh wrote, "We have a new talented poet joining the band of Ganga worshipers.
Khushwant Singh's short-story "The Mark of Vishnu" (1950) gives the story an Eastern background.
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Khushwant Singh's famous novel Delhi: A Novel gives very interesting details about the fictional life and adventures of the great poet.
Swaranjit Singh Bajaj, the vice-president of SMCW, blamed the Sikh humorists such as Navjot Singh Sidhu and Khushwant Singh for perpetuating the stereotypical image of Sikhs.