Following a court in Ahmedabad upholding the SIT’s clean chit to Narendra Modi, the BJP on Thursday sought to embarrass the Congress in drawing a parallel between the 2002 Gujarat riots and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Opposition party asked if there was any other leader than Narendra Modi, who was subjected to such intense scrutiny by several agencies despite his Government leaving no stone unturned to provide justice to the victims.
“The total number of persons arrested both for preventive and punitive actions are 1,00,488. This is more than the number of persons arrested in any other caste or religious tension in India. More people died in police firing during disturbances than in any other riot. This negates the allegation of police connivance. 4,272 cases were registered. 1,168 of these cases have been decided and hundreds of accused have been convicted. Most of these actions have been taken by the Gujarat Police,” Arun Jaitley claimed.
Claiming that the conspiracy of falsehood to implicate the Chief Minister in the ‘unfortunate riots’ stands exposed, Jaitley. “There is no other example where such a witch hunt was launched against a Chief Minister despite his government taking strong actions. Truth has finally prevailed,” Jaitley said.
He added, “There were too many loopholes in the falsehood which was propounded. A small group of officers had guided this political strategy of the Congress and the NGOs. They fabricated evidences. Some websites conducted sting operations to substitute falsehood for truth.”
The BJP leader also questioned the intention of some websites, which have been targeting Modi, saying where were they hiding when monumental scams like the 2G scandal and Coal Block scam took place in the UPA Government.