New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah today opened up on what happened during the 2002 Gujarat riots in an interview with ANI.
This comes a day after the top court dismissed the petition filed by Zakia Jafri, saying that the plea was “to keep the pot boiling, obviously, for ulterior design.”
The SIT had opposed the plea of Jafri saying there is a sinister plot behind the complaint to probe the “larger conspiracy” behind the 2002 Gujarat riots and the original complaint by Jafri was directed by social activist Setalvad, who had also challenged an October 2017 order of the Gujarat High Court refusing to reopen the closure report of the SIT.
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#WATCH | …Basic reason for the riots was Godhra train burning. 59 people, incl a 16-day-old child, were set on fire…No parade was done, it’s false. They were taken to Civil Hospital & bodies were taken by families to their homes in closed ambulances: HM on 2002 Gujarat riots. pic.twitter.com/PrFFrfVSCV
— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2022
#WATCH | …Court said in judgement today that riots after burning of train (Godhra) weren’t pre-planned but self-motivated. It dismissed Tehelka’s sting operation because when the footage before&after it came to light, it was found that the sting op was politically motivated: HM pic.twitter.com/OKf7OYatyd
— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2022
#WATCH |Today SC said Zakia Jafri worked on someone else’s instructions. NGO signed affidavits of several victims&they didn’t even know. Everyone knows Teesta Setalvad’s NGO was doing this. When UPA Govt came to power at that time, it helped the NGO: HM Shah on 2002 Gujarat riots pic.twitter.com/wQ8yMwqxG7
— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2022
#WATCH | “I read the judgement(24th June’s)hurriedly but it clearly mentions Teesta Setalvad’s name. She had an NGO that gave such applications involving BJP workers, at all Police Stations.There was so much pressure by media that all applications were treated as truth,” says HM pic.twitter.com/441rmGfXsS
— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2022
#WATCH | Troika of BJP’s political rivals,ideologically driven politically motivated journalists&some NGOs publicised the allegations. They had a strong ecosystem so everyone started believing lies to be truth: HM on criticism that Police&officials couldn’t do much(Gujarat riots) pic.twitter.com/vZLxS329ja
— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2022
#WATCH | “Modi ji didn’t do drama while appearing before SIT – come out in my support, call MLAs-MPs & stage dharna…If SIT wants to question CM,he himself is ready to cooperate. Why protest?..,” says HM in an apparent jibe at Congress protest over Rahul Gadhi’s ED questioning pic.twitter.com/f068nslYJ5
— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2022
#WATCH | A tall leader fought this 18-19-yr-long fight without saying a word&braving all pain like ‘vishpaan’ of Lord Shankar…I saw him suffering through this very closely. Only a strong-willed person could’ve taken stand to not say anything as case was sub-judice: HM Amit Shah pic.twitter.com/aATkeKbKhE
— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2022
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#WATCH LIVE | HM Amit Shah breaks his silence on what happened during the 2002 Gujarat riots. An interview with ANI Editor Smita Prakash. https://t.co/qkX9eAYeG6
— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2022
