JK News Today
Jammu, June 25:
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday cleared the air on the 2002 Gujrat riots and traced the whole conspiracy of defaming Narendra Modi to an ecosystem in which lies were constructed and propagated.
This , in fact , is the reiteration of the facts that were stated a number of times by BJP, but it is for the first time that Amit Shah has come out on the issue – stating facts , exposing the fiction.
Amit Shah , in an interview on Saturday, spoke at length on the recent verdict by the Supreme Court, which yesterday gave prime minister Narendra Modi and 60 other officials a clean chit in the 2002 Gujarat riots case.
Shah held ‘a trio of opposition parties, ideologically motivated elements and some NGOs’ responsible for spreading allegations against Modi, who was then the Gujarat chief minister. “They had a strong ecosystem so everyone started believing lies to be truth,” Shah told.
Referring to Prime Minister Modi, Shah said that he saw a tall leader suffering in this “18-19 years long fight without saying a word, and braving all pain like ‘vishpaan’ (drinking poison) of Lord Shankar.” “I saw him suffering through this very closely. Only a strong-willed person could’ve taken the stand to not say anything as the case was sub-judice,” he added.In an apparent jibe at the protests being carried out by the Congress party over the questioning of the former party president Rahul Gandhi in National Herald case, he said: “Modi ji didn’t do drama while appearing before SIT (Special investigation Team).He himself is ready to cooperate. Why (the need to) protest?”
“The Troika of BJP’s political rivals, ideologically driven & politically motivated journalists and some NGOs publicised the allegations. They had a strong ecosystem, so everyone started believing lies to be true.”
Home Minister also named Teesta Setalvad – an Indian civil rights activist and journalist, and accused her of spreading lies. “Everyone knows Teesta Setalvad’s NGO was doing this. When the UPA Govt came to power at that time, it helped the NGO,” he said.
