Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday said Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case should not be politicised.
"This has nothing to do with elections, this issue should not be politicised," Dikshit told reporters.
"The court has taken a decision, if someone is not satisfied with it, they can go to a higher court. What is the need to politicise it," she said.
Sajjan Kumar was acquitted Tuesday by a Delhi court in a case related to the killing of five people in the Delhi Cantonment area during violence against Sikhs following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi Oct 31, 1984.
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