When will the Muslims of Inida see justice? Thousands of Muslims were burnt to death. Over a hundred thousand Muslims still languish in refugee camps.
Some accused of the Godhra carnage have been booked under POTA. But those guilty of riots that followed and commited the attrocities against the Muslims are yet to be punished. Infact many of them have been re-elected with higher majority.
Good Ol’ whining Indians. They will continue to portray themselves as secular, yet jump at the chance to support anti Muslim forces.
Godhra mystery remains: MPs
New Delhi Feb. 27. Film actress and social activist Shabana Azmi, the CPI(M) leader, Sitaram Yechuri, and the Samajwadi Party general secretary, Amar Singh, all MPs, today expressed concern that the commission set up to inquire into the Godhra train carnage was yet to come out with its report even after one year.
The MPs, who along with journalist Aziz Burni, were among the first to visit Gujarat after the Godhra episode, were speaking after the release of a book in Hindi, Daastan-e-Hind, a firsthand account of the Gujarat riots written by Mr Burni.
``One year has passed since Godhra and its aftermath but truth is yet not known. Whereas some accused of the Godhra carnage have been booked under POTA, those guilty of riots that following were yet to be punished. Wounds are still and everybody knows justice has not been done,‘’ said Ms Azmi.
``In fact no one has ever been punished for riots and that gives a very wrong signal to society. Moreover, Godhra was committed by criminals but the ensuing riots were engineered by the state itself, then who is going to punish them? Ms Azmi asked.
The CPI(M) leader said the Godhra carnage was part of a conspiracy to create a fascist Hindu Rashtra.
Only a secular democracy could safeguard the unity and integrity of India.
He said it was a shame that the portrait of a person who propounded a two - nation theory two years before Jinnah came out with one such and whose role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi was suspect, had found a place in the Central hall of Parliament.