PTI

New Delhi, Apr 2: Opposition BJP said that the CBI clean chit to former Union minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case has "shaken the faith of the common man" and "exposed the hypocrisy of Congress".

"The news of Jagdish Tytler being given a clean chit is really shocking. It has shaken the faith of the common man in the judicial system in the one hand and the CBI on the other," party spokesperson Balbir Punj said.

Thousands of innocent Sikhs were killed in the wake of the tragic assassination of former prime minister Indira Gandhi and the system has not been able to give justice to the riot victims, he said.

"This entire episode has exposed the hypocrisy of Congress. While the Prime Minister has apologised for and regretted the tragic anti-Sikh incidents of 1984, the party has been rewarding the very people who are suspected to have masterminded that," he said.

The whole episode has brought to light the "insensitivity" of the establishment led by UPA, Punj said.