Sikhs have always voted for me: Tytler

New Delhi: With Congress' decision to field Jagdish Tytler being questioned by the opposition, the party leader accused of abetting the 1984

anti-Sikh riots, has defended his case saying the Capital's Sikhs have always voted for him and it is the media that has demonized him.

Dismissing notions that Sikhs consider him a culprit, Tytler said had it not been for their support he would never have been a lawmaker.

"The Sikhs have always voted for me. I would never have been elected if they had not voted for me," Tytler said.

He said he enjoyed great support from the community in areas like Sangam Park and Sardar Nagar, which are inhabited by people who suffered in the 1984 riots.

"Even my polling agents in the Sangam Park area were those who had lost their dear ones in the riots," he claimed.

Tytler has been clean chit by the CBI in the riots but the Supreme Court asked it to re-investigate the case.

Asked about the CBI's latest report on the case in the Supreme Court, Tytler said, "They have already cleared my name. This is just a formality".

The standing MP, who is contesting for the North East Delhi Lok Sabha seat this time, after his Sadar Bazaar constituency was dissolved post delimitation, blamed the media for projecting him as a wrong man.

"It is the media which has projected me very wrongly. Every statement against me was highlighted by them," he told.