Sikhs always voted for me: Tytler

Accused of abetting the 1984 anti-Sikh riots,Congress leader Jagdish Tytler said Delhis Sikhs have always voted for him.

Dismissing notions that Sikhs consider him a culprit,the Congress candidate from the Northeast Delhi Lok Sabha seat said had it not been for the communitys support he would have never won. The Sikhs have always voted for me. I would never have been elected had they not voted for me, Tytler said.

He said he enjoyed great support among the community in areas like Sangam Park and Sardar Nagar,where people who suffered during the 1984 riots live. Even my polling agents in the Sangam Park area were those who had lost their dear ones in the riots, he claimed.

Tytler was given a clean chit by the CBI in the riots,but the Supreme Court asked it to reinvestigate the case. Asked about the agencys latest report filed in the Supreme Court,Tytler said: They have already cleared my name. This is just a formality.

The standing MP blamed the media for projecting him as a wrong man. It is the media which has projected me very wrongly, he said.

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