AHMEDABAD: Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM) activists held ‘Sachi Sadbhavana’ protest at Sardar Baug opposite Roopalee cinema at Lal Darwaza on Monday evening where participants called Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s three-day fast in the name of ‘Sadbhavana’ a farce. More than 100 people, mainly riot victims and human rights activists, participated in the three-hour event. [...]
The riot victims of Naroda Patiya have condemned chief minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Sadbhavna Mission’ saying ”there cannot be Sadbhavna without justice”. In an open letter to the chief minister, the victims have dismissed the mission as another publicity stunt and demanded that justice be done to them. The strongly-worded letter by the 2002 riot victims [...]
Narendra Modi’s appearance before the inquiry has dominated headlines across India. Narendra Modi, the chief minister of the state of Gujarat and one of the most controversial figures in Indian politics, has faced investigators to defend his actions during communal riots and massacres in his state eight years ago. Modi, a rising star in the [...]
Narendra Modi has been summoned for questioning by the Supreme Court-created special investigation team (SIT) on the 2002 Gujarat riots, but the initial euphoria among families of the victims and rights groups was tempered by the lack of an FIR against the chief minister that would have necessitated his arrest. Modi, 60, has to appear [...]
There is confusion about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s much awaited appearance before the Special Investigation Team on March 21. The SIT was appointed by the Supreme Court in 2009 to probe into the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. A well-informed source who is involved with the supervision of criminal cases of the Gujarat riots [...]
Even as the Gujarat government is trying to explore legal options for Chief Minister Narendra Modi summoned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with 2002 riots, legal experts here believe that the CM has very few options. Modi has been summoned on March 21 by the Supreme Court- appointed SIT in connection with [...]
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 [...]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the state Advocate General when the time would be “mature” enough to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others before the State-appointed commission probing the 2002 Godhra train attack and the Gujarat riots that followed. Chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya made the oral query to the AG while [...]
Never in his wildest dreams did IGP D.G.Vanzara ever think that some day he would be encountering the CBI. Between 2002 to April 2007, he was the de-facto Police Chief of the Gujarat State and no senior police officer would dare cross his path knowing his proximity with the Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi. First, [...]
The “encounter” on 26.11.05, of Sohrabuddin Sheikh had exposed all encounters of the period 2002-2006. He was shot and killed at Narol, Ahmedabad alleging that he was a terrorist who had come to kill Narendra Modi. The Police also killed his wife Kauserbi. A letter from Rubabuddin, his brother to the Chief Justice of India [...]
