New Delhi: In the face of mounting controversy over his alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Congress leader Jagdish Tytler announced his decision to pull out of the Lok Sabha elections saying he does not want to cause embarrassment.
"My heart says a lot of embarrassment has been caused to the party. I don't think I should fight," he told a press conference here amidst speculation that the party would keep him out of the fray.
He said he has left the decision to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to decide whether he should contest in view of the "vicious campaign" launched by the BJP and the Akali Dal and the "atmosphere" created by the media.
Sixty five-year-old Tytler, who had won thrice from the national capital, was announced as party's candidate from the newly-created North-East Delhi seat.
His candidature became a subject of renewed controversy in the wake of a Sikh journalist lobbing a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday protesting against the clean chit to him given by the CBI.
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