THE SIT WAS SUPPOSED TO PROBE NARENDRA MODI’S ROLE IN THE 2002 MASSACRE OF MUSLIMS IN GUJARAT. INSTEAD, IT HASN’T EVEN QUESTIONED HIM, SAYS SHOBHITA NAITHANI IN ROUGHLY two months from now, the special investigation team (SIT)— formed six years after two thousand Muslims were were hacked, burnt alive and raped during the month-long frenzy [...]
Activists across the board have criticised the constitution of a one-man judicial commission to probe ghettoization in the state. Mukul Sinha of the Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM) said, “All the commission will achieve is aggravating the situation. This is clearly a political hypocrisy. It is going to start a debate, which ought to have never [...]
A day after the Gujarat government announced its decision to set up an inquiry commission to study change in demographic patterns in the state since independence and identify the reasons behind the “polarisation” and migration of population, NGOs and human rights activists have reacted strongly to the move. They say the move is intended to [...]
LAWYER- ACTIVIST Mukul Sinha and a Jan Sangharsh Manch ( JSM) delegation on Wednesday met R. K. Raghavan, chief of the special investigation team ( SIT), investigating the Gujarat riots. They submitted an application for further investigation under Section 120- B of the Indian Penal Code into the Naroda Patiya and Naroda Gam massacre and [...]
Civil rights activist organisations including Jan Sangharsh Manch and Prashant have welcomed the decision of the Supreme to set up fast track courts for holding trial of important riot cases on a day-to-day basis. However, they said the appointment of judges should be done either by the Gujarat High Court or the Supreme Court Welcoming [...]
The landmark order of the Supreme Court to reinvestigate the eight riots cases may have come a day after voting in Gujarat, but fears of this development having political ramifications in the remaining phases have not been ruled out.Speculations abound whether and how political parties will use this during campaigning for the remaining two phases [...]
Mallika Sarabhai, on Saturday, crossed the ‘border’ between ‘Hindu’ Shrinandnangar and ‘Muslim’ Juhapura with her supporters carrying placards displaying the message, lakirein mita do (remove the lines). Mallika expressed her regret that the two communities have been divided by a line, which has been popularised as ‘border’. She said these borders and divisions had been [...]
Stavan Desai and Sweta Ramanujan-Dixit , Hindustan TimesFebruary 23, 2009 Fighting for Justice Mukhtar Muhammad, 41 Footwear wholesaler When Mukhtar Muhammad drove his Tata Sumo through a burning mass of rubble and loot from shops in Panchmahal district to escape a murderous mob of rioters on February 28, 2002, he did not know he would [...]
Prof. Bandukwala wants Muslims to stay away from politics; Dr. Manzoor Alam of All India Milli Council (AIMC) wants Muslims to give top priority to politics in the present political scenario when success in all walks of life depended on political influence of the community. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Ahmedabad: Divergent views were expressed here [...]
The Supreme Court’s decision to put a stay on the demolition drive by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has come as a breather for nearly 13 slum pockets, which is home to over 10,000 families in the city. With the state government aiming to make the city slum-free by 2012, the move may render nearly [...]
