The Ahmedabad Metropolitan Magistrate on Tuesday declared that the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team had not found any evidence for prosecuting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and top bureaucrats and police officers and recommended that the investigation in the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre case be closed.
Though magistrate M.S. Bhatt did not pronounce the court's decision on the closure report, he ordered the SIT to give a copy of it, within 30 days, to the complainant, Zakia Jafri, widow of the former Congress MP, Ehsan Jafri, who was among the 69 killed in the massacre.
In his order on a batch of petitions seeking a copy of the report, including the one filed by Ms. Jafri, Mr. Bhatt said the investigators had filed a closure report, having found no evidence to justify the filing of an FIR against any of the persons named in Ms. Jafri's complaint in the Supreme Court, accusing Mr. Modi and 62 others of direct or indirect involvement in the communal riots.
“According to the SIT, no offence has been established against any of the persons listed in Ms. Jafri's complaint. Therefore, as per the Supreme Court's order and the principle of natural justice, the complainant has to be given a copy of the report and related documents,” the court said.
No notice was needed to be issued to Ms. Jafri as she had already approached the court for a copy of the report. But the court did not make any reference to the co-petitioners who sought a copy, including the Mumbai-based Citizens for Justice and Peace, which has been helping the riot victims in the legal battle.
That the SIT had given a clean chit to Mr. Modi and others was known in official circles for some time. But it was officially being confirmed by the court for the first time.
The State government spokesman and Health Minister, Jaynarayan Vyas, was guarded in his reaction: the SIT report should put an end to the “canard” being spread against Mr. Modi and others by some NGOs in a “bid to defame Gujarat,” he said.
The SIT's finding is a shot in the arm for Mr. Modi and the BJP, given that the State is going to the polls by year-end, but is subject to confirmation by the trial court and, in case of an appeal, the Supreme Court.
Ms. Jafri said she was pained to learn that the SIT had given Mr. Modi and others a “clean chit.” She vowed to continue the legal battle.
CJP general secretary Teesta Setalvad said the report of the Supreme Court's amicus curiae, Raju Ramachandran, who had found enough grounds for trying Mr. Modi, would be crucial. “We are still not clear whether Mr. Ramachandran's report had formed part of the SIT's report…,” she said.
Tanvir Jafri, son of the deceased Congress MP, said he had apprehensions about the SIT filing a closure report. “The SIT says there is no evidence against Mr. Modi, but not the court. The SIT's decision is of no value if the magistrate decides against it. It may take time, but we are going to fight it out.”
Keywords: Post-Godhra riots, Godhra carnage, Gujarat riots 2002, Zakia Jafri complaint, SIT probe report, Gulberg Society massacre, Narendra Modi role
All those who want to confer instant sainthood to Modi, please read the news carefully, word for word.
What is amazing here is the culture of impunity and the number of readers who find it perfectly acceptable... I hope for their sake that their very own relatives will never fall victims of a massacre or genocide. There is no question of defaming anybody. The issue is for Justice to follow its course and deliver a fair judgment in this case and many other touching on the issue of communal violence. But clearly it seems that in India, probably on account of the hogh level of corruption in power circles, it is very tough for the underdog to obtain fair trials. Congratulations to The Hindu and other publications in the group like Frontline to provide balanced accounts.
Pathetic Cartoon for the story. Its not a news, its your opinion.. its
your agenda. Why would you categories this under the section of
News?????? Bullshit .. I never thought the Hindu would print news in
such a pathetic way. You want to write your opinion, do so under the
clear title of Opinion. So that every reader knows its your thoughts,
which may be or may not be true.
If you continue to print like this.. you shall soon join the bandwagon
of drum-beating and blind media club of India.
The media has been shouting offences at this man for a decade. He has bare the brunt for too long. This should be welcome news for him. But more importantly the media should realize that in a riot, the mob rules not a leader. Politically motivated people like Setalvad etc have called him a mass murderer, and the media gave wind to those rumors, just bcz it jelled with its political agenda or it was hot news to be sold. Now that it has been proven by investigators from outside (yes nobody in SIT from guj or any sympathy for Modi). That too from a team setup by SC with members choosen by Ms Setalvad, it is only right that he be given the respect he has earned with good governance. And that the media apologize for its behavior for the last decade.
@All the folks who think this is a victory and The Hindu is misdirecting public perception -
Tomorrow if a couple of scientists come out and say gravity does not exist despite a mountain of contrarian evidence , would you take it at face value because they are a bunch of scientists? I guess you would not and in case you would, you are gullible at best. If you would not believe it, then you would use your noggin.
Seneca once wrote that Absolute power corrupts absolutely. How woefully true! State Government repeatedly destroyed evidences as per SIT's earlier report. I can only begin to picture in my mind's eye the sycophancy of folks who are expected to uphold truth and integrity and deliver and superb objective report. Alas it is far from true. Do you think all these people are riled up because they got the wrong verdict ? They are angry because despite being told that 2+2 =4 , they are now being told 2+2=5.
Bravo "Hindu" (the paper with a misnomer). You published not one but two anti-Mody cartoons (in the print edition) and affirmed your secularism!
To me the next right PM who truly love this country and all the sections of the people
is Narendra Modi.
why does not the public follow the loot of the public money told in the
media ? its always as though the muslims and xtians are prejudiced
against . Muslims have foisted terrorism on the world and xtians are
blatantly anti india - koodankulam ,while the minorities headed govt of
Sonia, MMs and Diggie bhoy have been looting the country no one murmurs
a word
In 2010 itself Raghavan gave modi a clean chit but after Amicus curiae has been appointed by supreme court he had to slowly change his stand. The SIT report dated 12 May 2010 said: "The Gujarat government has reportedly destroyed the police wireless communication of the period pertaining to the riots." It further said, "No records, recommentations or minutes of the crucial law and order meetings held by Modi is available but today the SIT somehow say these wireless communication are available but it fails to look into the details. The SIT used specious and illogical arguments to disprove Bhatt's testimony, despite serious disagreements of the amicus curiae. More diabolically, the SIT went out of its way to disregard a mountain of evidence presented by RB Sreekumar, who was the additional DG of the State Intelligence Bureau in 2002. The SIT report presented to the Supreme Court records how compliant police officers were rewarded while many upright police officers punished.
@ajaz Don't defame Mr.Ragavan & his team.This team was selected and appointed by Honourable Supreme court itself.Since this report is not suitable to people like you,you are making all baseless allegation against this reputed officer.
Narendra Modi has been proven innocent by the court. He should be absolved of all the allegations made out against him. Since he has been acquitted by the court of law, all the accusations against must be laid to rest. Sonia should stop the cruel witch hunt against her political opponents. Modi would be celebrated everywhere else in the world, for the growth and progress he created in Gujarat. Congress party is a party of thugs.
@kamal and others too.. the cartoon is no at all in bad taste. Being the best news broadcaster in the country, The Hindu is depicting what our perception aligns with, respecting the democracy indeed. Now as far as the SIT is concerned, yes Mr. Raghavan, the head is a former CBI director (Jan 99 to Apr 2001) of BJPs tenure. What more can you expect then. Let's wait for the Supreme Courts verdict.
As long as Shri Modi don't own up the responsibility for the Gujarat Carnage, there is no way for BJP to progress beyond Gujarat. It suits Congress, politically, that Modi remains chief minister of Gujarat so that the BJP is never be able to come to power at centre as even liberal Hindu's are convinced of Modi's role in Gujarat riots and Shri Vajpayee's helplessness in removing him when he famously said, in Gujarat that 'aapne Rajdharma nahi nibhaya'
It seems no one including The Hindu believe in the Judicial system unless they get the verdict they want. Though declared not guilty, entire news is written such a way that anybody wo glances at it would think a guilty has escaped and that our judicial system is unable to deliver justice. I am not saying what is correct or not. There is a system in place to deliver justice. We all know that no such system can be perfect. In the many thousands of verdicts issued every year, many of them are definitely not the right verdict for the case. Many a time it is because of lack of proper evidice, many times suppression of evidence by the authorities, sometimes creation of evidence, and sometimes due to the inability of the lawers to present the details and sometomes because the court itself is corrupt and biased. In no such case I have seen the media taking up the issue like this. If you do not believe in the system, provide ideas to improve it, rather than haunt the one declared innocent.
As some of the other citizens of India, like myself, have pointed how this cartoon is in a bad taste, I would like to emphasize as well, if 'The Hindu' has such evidence implicating Sh. Modi why hasn't it offered the same to the SIT team, or to the court itself? As media, how can you form such opinions without concrete evidence (unless you are paid to do so), in any case, such cartoons only question the integrity of your newspaper. It is truly amazing to see how media chooses NEVER to bring up anything about the incident & victims of Sabarmati Express while the rioting afterwards never left the papers in the last 10 years. Its truly astonishing to notice how if Sh. Modi is not indicted it is anti-secular, but Ajmal Kasab still laughs in our faces and it is completely secular and no one questions that. Our ruling Congress party has indeed made sure that media runs (almost) to their whims & chooses to print what suits them the best, just like our unfortunate Prime Minister.
Cartoonist says every thing which did done by SIT. What a rubbish report. Every person of the country know about the role of Mr. Modi and he is out of punishment. It will create more anti national element.
let by gone's be by gone's. Lets not brood over past that won't make any difference and make sure no such things happen in future.
Dear Writer, The picture used by you for the article is very confusing. At one side you are saying that SIT is give clean chit to Modi, on the other you are showing, with your cartoon picture, that SIT has been fabricated and its a cover up for the mass murder done by Modi. Let me remind you that SIT was created by our honourable Supreme Court to do the investigation, on whom we all have full faith, and also when there is a Congress Govt in the center, who can easily influence SIT, as the officers belong to the Central Govt. But bravo to the SIT team, that they go by the truth. You should have avoided using the cartoon picture. I will use the word confusing instead of controversial, for the picture, for your article.
Hats off to the judgement but the real judge is god. I know it will even up some day. Something which is wrong its wrong no matter who does it and from which community he/she belongs.
Media, with the power of its reach to masses, many-a-times tends to be impartial in its views. It would be of larger interest if media restricts to covering news. Pronouncement of judgements should be left to judiciary.
Modi has done great for Gujarat. will do same for India if given a chance. Certainly.
The courts might acquit him of all charges but deep inside his heart, Mr.Modi will know that as CM he could have handled the situation much better. Afterall, be it hindu or muslim, more than 1000 of gujrati's lost their lives in the riots frenzy. Somebody has to take accountability for this massacre.
Since,the judgement is announced by the respected court,and we should be very respectful to our judiciary system. If someone finds another facts then they still have option to represent to the court by filing an another case but at this point we should accept that Mr.Modi is given a clean chit in this case. Besides that we should not forget that Gujarat is not the only state where we had riots.. Indian history is full of riots involving governments and I haven't found any case against any politician tailing him every day for 10 years..Where are those people who are ready to blame gujarat but forgot Kashmir issue? at that time you do not find any mass murder?? ..It is a high time for the media to take a stand for a leader like Modi and support him to run the country if we want to see a corruption free,developed, strong nation India..
The cartoon is in bad taste. Being the best newspaper in the country, The Hindu has a responsibility to uphold the pillars of democracy esp legislature. The Hindu also seems to be behaving like politically motivated news channels. Media trial of Mr. Modi should be stopped and let the law of the land take its course.
Key characteristics of Gujarat 2002 riots were as follows: a) Yes, a horrible trigger (Sabarmati express) b) An established climate of hostility especially in cities like Ahmedabad, that prevailed when the riots happened. c) Planned & sustained violence at a horrible scale for a period of at least 3 weeks, against minorities. We had not seen anything like this since 1992/93. d) No noteworthy public deomonstration of remorse from Mr. Modi immediately after the events, about so many people having been killed, communities uprooted, with significant hostility in its wake. e) Sustained public baiting of minorities by Modi in the elections that followed - mocking communities with code words and derogatory phrases such as Mian Musharaf. He clearly played the communal card to drum up votes for his party to remain in power. I am not alone in thinking that there was enough smoke to at least try the leadership in a court of law.
Your newspaper must investigate independently, to find out if the SIT has conducted its investigation in a free and fair manner. If there was any cover-up or hiding / distorting facts to save someone , then it needs to be brought into public domain. The SIT report needs to be discussed by eminent people before deciding whehter it has to be accepted or rejected.
The Hindu with this cartoon seems to question the integrity of the SIT which is appointed and monitored by the Supreme court of India.
Who is to be blamed and for what gain? Whether it is BJP for Godhraa or Congress for the anti Sikh, or any other dominant community against the minority, the end game will always be the same. Innocent due to lack of evidence. I doubt there is ONE MALE or a MACHO who would leave his visiting card at the site of murder or rape or Mob chaos. We will wait for one. The day such a Macho is born and the day he/she announces his/her agenda in a Political system, we will see some ray of hope. The real Male/Macho is labelled as Naxal, anti-social or Anti national if he is not fitting the Political Bill. Grow up, Media! atleast you can attempt to be genuine. I am NOT trying to shoot the messenger.
The findings of the SIT report notwithstanding, is that not the State head, who is to be ultimately held responsible for the complete failure of the state machinery as a result of which massacre of a section of the state's own citizens carried out on such a large scale? If not, then is it not that something, grave in nature, is missing in the system of governance? And if he is, then how he is to be prosecuted and what form of punishment is to be awarded to him? It was well in Mr. Modi's capacity as the state head to book the perpetrators of the Godhra Train Carnage and to ensure severest punishment for them. Even by not involving himself directly or indirectly in the riots, as made out by the SIT report, remaining a mute spectator to the ghastly events for days together points to his complicity in the matter in some manner. Are not the political class and the common man demanding PM's head for all the scams committed, not by him, but by his ministerial colleagues under his premiership?
Is there any end to this controversy,why just target Modi, nobody bothers/dare to write articles/letters on the real culprits
There have been no communal riot in Gujarat since 2002, all credit to Narendra Modi and Gujarat administration.
A plea to those who have been commenting so emphatically in support of Modi: do you really think that when violence on such a scale happens in any state, its Chief Minister, of all people, wouldn't know about it? The mere fact that such violence - mass murders, rape, loot and arson - lasted for all those days, which is clearly indisputable, shows that Mr.Modi did nothing to stop it. Wouldn't you hold him responsible for just that? Think for yourself with a clear conscience: would an SIT recommendation that 'there is no evidence' to prosecute him, automatically absolve him of his Law & Order responsibility? Moreover, the SC's amicus curiae report had recommended that Modi could be prosecuted on the basis of the SIT's own findings - and found a strange mismatch between the SIT's findings and its final recommendations. Also,clearly, the Hindu's cartoon is a commentary on the SIT report, and not on the judiciary - please read the news item properly - the magistrate hasn't pronounced yet!
@ N.G. Krishnan: Teesta Setalvad is a woman!!
Modi can escape from the worldly judgement but he cannot escape from the judgement of God Almighty both in this worldly life and hereafter. The curse of two thousand families of the deceased in the riots shall produce some results and I am eagerly waiting to see it, God Willing.
I love to be Indian but I don't like the judicial system where one can go scot-free no matter how big the crime is. The manner of justice delivery under Indian judicial system makes life easy and insecure. Today one big sort can kill you and tomorrow he can be declared innocent because he/she belongs to the creamy layer of the society. My heart goes out to the victims of the Gujarat riot which was carried out in a well orchestrated and well planned manner.
It seems that your cartoonist is much more intelligent and judges better than the person who sits in court.The Hindu and his editor are not above the court to decide whether Narendra modi is guilty or not. This is lame, i can't expect biased journalism from this Newspaper.
Cartoon is in ver bad taste...THE HINDU and Teesta Salvad cannot decide if Modi should be prosecuted...
What Vineeth says is absolutely correct.Modi is responsible for every
murder happened during riot as a head of state who implicitly
supported it(even if it has not been proved in court). Everyday
activities of such forces are very much evidence of their complicity
such acts. However for such acts, justice can hardly been done in courts.
Mass movement and mass education is the only option as it is clearly
visible from the comments that how learned middle class support such
acts.
This verdict is so painful. God is there and everyone will see quite soon the real culprit.
Modi is a great person. He did prove his innocence. He did remove strains on him.
These has been no communal riot in Gujarat since 2002, all credit to Narendra modi and and Gujrat administration, other states should take lead from Gujarat and bring an end to the daily communal skirmishes.
I think this is a non-event. As we see media has already convicted modi and the same media has now become judges. If the SIT report was in favour of these media, they would have hailed it as victory of democracy. The cartoon is disgusting given that the case is still in trial and no final judgement is given. I had great respect for 'The Hindu', now it has started to get itself discredited too.
The cartoon is extremely in bad taste...pathetic journalism..
The cartoon is dishonour to judiciary and biased.
It seems that Media wants to punish Modi.Media is running behind him only to achieve secular tag.If court has not found any evidence then he should not be accused anymore.
Mr. Raju Ramachandran's views have not been publicised ... It seemed his conclusions on the very same evidence collected by SIT was different from those by SIT ...
Definitely, judiciary has not pronounced verdict. It has merely stated what SIT has said.
This clearly shows that "Maut-Ka-Saudagar" is indeed "Mauj-Ka Saudagar",and he is a real fighter.No Chief Minister in independent Indian History has fought so bravely even after so much allegations and Kudos he came out victorious.
Thums Up Mr Modi
THE HINDU cartoonist have given the verdict. The cartoon depicts that
Modi is guilty and is trying to hide it under the report. Please stop
taking sides.
Modi may be proven innocent by the Court. But his conscience cannot leave him in peace. The blood of the innocent slain will cry out for justice. How can Modi ever have a day's restful sleep with such a guilty conscience? What a mockery of Justice in our country!
The cartoon above is a blatant disregard to the dignity and integrity of the Indian judicial process. If you have issues with the way the probe has been carried out, protest against that but ridiculing the SC appointed investigation team and indicting someone through biased opinions is plain unfortunate. I am sorry but I will have my doubts on The Hindu's neutrality in presenting issues here on.
Seems Like "The Hindu" wants to enforce its opinion on the its readers.
Oh, some people are so disappointed to hear this, is't it! Well, now how
about having some serious investigation into the root cause of the
riots, which was the burning of the train in Godhra? Why are we not
having as many rounds of investigations into that piece when this is the
150th time Modi is being investigated, though he keeps coming clean?
If justice is what we truly want then why not have it at both ends or
will that be considered "anti-secular"?
I seriously have my reservations on the cartoon accompanying this article. People can have opinions, but not the journalists.
After reading so many articles on this particular issue, I have reached at one conclusion for sure, "The Hindu" newspaper is biased against Modi. The way they use words to make it headlines that reveals everything. Just look at the cartoon you published today. Sorry 'The Hindu' Team.
Even after giving the clean chit to Modiji by the supreme court appointed S.I.T,'THE HINDU' has published such a bad taste cartoon is highly condemenable.
The whole investigation by SIT in done under the supervision of Supreme Court. So, everyone should respect SIT's findings in Gujarat riots case. Instead of cursing the report, people should think about the time frame in which whole outcome has come. What has happened to the investigation of 1984 riots???
Well, a person can be convicted only on the basis of evidence. If the evidence is lacking, Modi needs to be given the benefit of the doubt. That's the course of the law. But it doesnt mean he is proven innocent. It's just that his guilt could not be proven. Narendra Modi must be aware to what extent he is responsible for the carnage, whether by active involvement or passive encouragement. It is quite evident that his attempt to stop the riots where either half-hearted at best, or simply absent. Remember what he remarked casually during the carnage? - "For every action, there will be a reaction". That pretty much sums up his attitude. And that too from a Chief minister who had direct responsibility to maintain law and order and protect his people. Riots are not the answer.
Nowadays people laude the courts only when the court's order is to their liking.Then why should courts be approached?People can do whatever they want and there can be no laws/rules and regulations applicable to them.
One of the best work so far by Surrendra. Only people who had seen and
suffered in the post-Godra massacre can understand it.
Being legally correct is one thing and morally right is quite another.
For those with underdeveloped conscience, the above cartoon really
hurts.
It is a forgone conclusion that SIT was going to give clean chit to Modi, even before the investigation has started. Everyone knows that SIT will not touch Modi. But what came as a surprise was the clean chit given to other accussed. SIT is nothing but a waste of time and money. It is a sad day for justice.
Then who done it.......
It is a disgrace that the SIT headed by RK Raghavan a retired Director CBI has chosen to demean itself by giving a clean chit to Modi and his assistants in the brutal massacre of innocent muslims even when Bhatt an IPS officer who was present in the meeting held by Modi has claimed that Modi was in favor of teaching the muslims a lesson.
Only if the courts and numerous enquiry commissions find Modi guilty, it appears that The Hindu will take it as justice and rule of law! What sort of shameful hypocrisy is this?
I am disappointed by the cartoon accompanying this story. This news report clearly states that the SIT has proven Modi not guilty. Even then your newspaper is indirectly questioning the credibility of the Supreme Court appointed SIT, suggesting that the report whitewashes Modi's alleged crimes (which never existed in the first place).
The cartoon above is offensive and disrespectful of the Judiciary system especially on Home Page of a reputed website.
Every inquiry commissions and courts have proven that Modi had nothing to do with the allegations; yet people are not willing to accept it. He is tough, very capable and accomplished perhaps people do not perceive politicians that way; this just a tantrum expression.
It is very sad to recall this incident of riots, in which thousands of lives were lost. But how can they make the CM liable. Did Congress make Rajiv Gandhi responsible for the riots on Sikhs in 1983. Despite repeated attempts by Media, Congress, Governor, NGOs, they are not able to bring prosecutable evidence against Modi because none exist.
I have always trusted The Hindus neutrality. But for the issue of
Gujarat riots your reports seem to be biased. The cartoon says it all.
Court has not pronounced verdict and media, ok leave others, even The
Hindu is projecting Narendra Modi as killer. What happens to the logic
of natural justice and innocent till proven guilty?
The cartoon is derogatory of Indian judicial system. People in press, please come out of
your prejudices. Sri Narendra Modi has proved beyond doubt that his hands are clean
which is confirmed by judiciaries as well.
There is classical legal theory boldly enunciated in Ode massacre case recently pronounced by brave lady Judge Hon'ble Poonam Singh, namely, the victims-9 women, 9 children and 5 men had nothing to do with the burning of Sabarmati Express S-6 coach or they have not played any role there, nor there was any threat to accused by them nor accused should fear them, hence, first time in the history of riots a clear cut case was made out by the prosecution under section 120-B of IPC. This classical angle is intentionally missing in SIT report.
If a leader who took no action when the culling of his own citizens was carried by mobs of certain religion then he should be made responsible for his inaction.
Your cartoon accompanying the article is in bad taste. Mr Modi has been found to have no involvement by the SIT and the court accepts the verdict. So live with it gracefully. Your cartoon depiction of SIT was a stoooge of Mr Modi is unwarranted.
Please, Do not sabotage our Chief Minister!
Govt and court cannot do anything to Modi..They are in his left pocket. Infact he is the one who make law. Poor zakia is wasting time.
Good Cartoon that explains everything.
This happens in the largest democratic country in the world!!.
It is ridiculous that the cartoon would indict Modi - implying that the SIT is under Modi's control.
How can you find evidence in such cases? Testimony of those in proximity of Modi have to
be taken in to consideration and conclusions should be drawn. How can one expect that a
lawfully elected Chief Minister who is champion of hypocrisy and hypocritical political party
would pass explicit order or instructions which would implicate him in a serious crime.
Hindu's double standard is sickening to say the least.
Narendrabhair Damodardas Modi-ji LONG LIVE !!!
Let's get prepared for some more whining by the meida, social activits and pseudo-secular politicans. Let the fun continue !!!
So no one killed the 69 people of Gulbarg society.
Such a pity on our jurisdiction.
What does this newspaper stand for? Why would you insert a photograph accompanying this piece to colorize this story? Are you unhappy that your trial-by-media campaign is failing? What kind of bigoted values does this once-respected newspaper project?
Heads I win, tails you lose. This is the summary of reactions from everyone opposed to BJP and Modi. Nobody ever talked about 58 burnt alive in the train or 253 Hindus killed. Nobody ever talked about preventive arrests of 17,947 Hindus and 3,616 Muslims. Or 27,901 Hindus and 7,651 Muslims who were arrested. Nobody talks about nearly 10,000 rounds of bullets fired in police shootings that killed 93 Muslims and 77 Hindus.
All I have heard in last 10 years is 790 muslims killed in the riot with all Gujratis being termed murderers.
After 10years, lots of media attention and trials on media the truth is out. Its hightime for media to point out the real people behind such crime rather then doing some witchhunt with some intellectuals who are sitting in their cozy ac room.
Truth alone triumphs.......It is high time that Congress and left
parties stops vilifying Mr.Modi and starts introspecting themselves.
"Beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him and God shall protect
him all the day" as gospelled by the Holy Bible seems to be true. But
hope perpetrators of Kandamal riots and Manglore riots will bear the
albatross, for the sin they have committed. Media should also take the
responsibility of colluding with leftist parties in their campaign
against Modi. The situation has improved a lot in Gujarat, it seems
Andra Pradesh {a Congress bastion} is moving towards Gujarat 2002,
where as Gujarat is moving towards the heaven which prospers with
divine benediction from Gabriel in Nazareth.
Wasn't there an intent to "not stop" the violence if not initiate ?
Justice must not only be done but also must be shown to have been done. This report after convicting few dozen ordinary people for the riots by the Gujarat court proves the point.
It is too early to even think that the problem of Mr. Modi is over. If
the report given by SIT and that compiled by amicus curiae vary, then
there would be enough room to drag the matter further. Just hope,
justice prevail though take some more time.
What does Ms. Zakia Jafri want here... Modi's head on a silver platter!? Does she expect that the judges will vacate their courts to interview all witnesses again!?
A big slap on Indian democracy and Justice,
What else does the Hindu and rest of the media needs? Modi to be
hanged for making Gujarat the only developed and corrupt free state
in india.
Like the plot to denigrate VK Singh, another against Modi fails. Is this country being run by some mafia?
Is there any evidence of Modi's direct involvement in Gujarat's development? If he can own credit for development he, then should have the courage to accept discredits of the state as well!
Nothing is going well for the Congress party these days.It will be intersting to hear tonight what its many friends in the electronic media will have to say about Supreme Court appointed SIT finding no evidence against Modi.
God is great. Even it took months to eliminate Ravana . This time , the time will come to correct each and every thing in Gujarat . With the change of regime, the Hindus and Muslims will start to treat/behave each other as "Bhai-Bhai".
Justice has prevailed.
Media must take some blame for all this wanton creation of hatred over the last 10 years...just look at the e- chat room comments...Mr Modi has now been legally exonerated....surely the US must also acknowledge this....and remove the Visa Slur on his character.
Teesta Setalvad of the NGO Citizen for Peace and Justice,seems to be
under delusion that he is bigger than learned judges of the Supreme
Court. The highest court of the land has covered itself with glory by
ordering the release of investigating reports to the aggrieved.
Teesta Setalvad should gracefully accept the verdict and move on
instead of cutting the nose to spite his face.
All this while, Congress, left wing NGOs and the so-called secularists along with mainstream media, used this case to run kangaroo courts against Mr. Modi. He stood the trial which no other politician in India has ever did. And now that the truth has been established after a great deal of scrutiny, I hope the humble media reconciles with him and lets him serve India and not just Gujarat. It is to the benefit of entire Indian populace that one of such character needs to be given a chance.
Great thing about this article is that it mentioned that SIT was appointed by supreme court not by the goverment of Gujrat unlike congress does.This report sends a clear message among anti-modi people who are still blamming him for everything..stop doing it..you will see him as PM of India one day.
If nobody is guilty for the murder of Ehsaan jafrey and 70 others in
that society then who killed them ,we know there was a huge mob ,we
know the police station was nearby and we also know that Ehsaan
jaffrey called for help for almost 5 hours ,we know that even
Narendra modi knew that the Gulberga society is being attacked [copy
of intelligence report then] then why did nobody save them ,why for 5
hours they let the mob gather and finally attack and kill 70 people?
Who stopped even the police commissioner from saving them.
"The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team has found no evidence against Chief Minister Narendra Modi..". Yet some are obessed with blaming Modi for the people killed in the communal violence that followed the pre-meditated and delibrate burning of coaches at Godhra railway station that led to the death of about 60 men, women and chidren. Innocent people were killed in both cases but justice for the people killed in the Godhra incident is forgotten both by the Govt and the media, including your paper.
Modiji, now is the time to show grace in victory and be a statesman. Go
to Jafri's house with folded hands and sympathise with the widow. Ensure
that Congress and NGO don't exploite her further.
No other Chief Minister in India has suffered humiliations after the
Godhra carnage as Mr. Modi. It is heartening to note that the Gujarat
Chief Minister Narendra Modi, accused by slain former Congress MP
Ehsaan Jafri's wife Zakia of not acting against rioters, has been
given a clean chit by the Supreme Court-appointed Special
Investigation Team (SIT) in the Gulbarg Society massacre case which
took place during the 2002 riots in the state.
Further more the elections to the state assembly is round the corner
and this verdict is a shot in the arm of Mr. Modi. Hope he takes the
a national role so as to make India too a vibrant nation as he had
made Gujarat.
Foreign interest groups fanning the anti-Modi agenda may find this outcome disappointing, to
say the least. In the absence of any tangible evidence against Mr Modi, they will have to now
live with it and continue with their propaganda supported by innuendo and ongoing character
assassination! The hidden agenda is to defame him to a level that he will not become a
national leader. Many out there, would not want a nationalistic strong person such as Mr
Modi to be at the helm of India! He will prove to be unmanageable by remote centers of
power!
What matters with all these court procedures, statements etc. The media
gave a Guilty verdict long ago and is not going to retract.....
Narendra Modi has been proven innocent by the court. He should be absolved of all the allegations made out against him.
I welcome the decision of the court because it is based on unequivocal evidence and not on the perceptions of people.
Since he has been acquitted by the court of law, all the accusations against must be laid to rest.
Who was Heading SIT ? Mr Raghavan who was CBI Director during BJP
Rule...what More you can expect from SIT...
When will this pathetic witchhunt of a national hero stop?
What happened were riots sparked off by the burning of a carriage by Muslim zealots. Why does the government not pursue the pak terrorists with the same vigour? They need to hound the country's enemies with greater conviction.
A clear example that in India, if you are the authority, you can get away even
with mass murder.
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