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- ↑ Ahmed, Syed Ali (16 May 2009). "Cong clean sweep in Delhi". Online edition. The Tribune . Retrieved 6 October 2009. "It was a similar story in South Delhi also, where the Congress high command had withdrawn the ticket of towering Jat leader Sajjan kumar, who is one of the suspects of 1984 anti-Sikh riots."