Talking to IANS on a visit to Lucknow Wednesday, Singh said: 'What was even more shocking was that in his enthusiasm to exploit the communal sentiment, Varun seemed to have forgotten that his own mother is a Sikh.'

Initially, Singh sought the intervention of the Election Commission and also provided the state chief electoral officer with the necessary evidence. 'However, since the Election Commission had failed to initiate any action in the matter, I moved a complaint to the government,' Singh said.

'As soon as I procured a copy of the microchip with the recordings of the anti-Sikh speech, I made a complaint to the Election Commission of India. I also provided the microchip and the mobile phone with the audio recordings in April 2009, but after the commission didn't take any action, I decided to draw the attention of the state government,' he added.

While admitting he had received such a complaint from V.M.Singh, state principal home secretary Fateh Bahadur said: 'We will look into the complaint and get everything examined before initiating any action.'