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India is not only the largest democracy of the World but is among those countries which are deeply rooted in democratic and liberal traditions. In recent years, India has emerged as a strong economy and promising investment destination. The State of Gujarat is the most vibrant and progressive State of India. It is considered to be the Growth Engine of India because of its impressive contribution in Indian economy.
The present Government of Gujarat led by the Chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is committed to make Gujarat one of the most competitive business destinations of the World.
He has taken dynamic steps to improve the infrastructure and socio – economic situation of the State. He has undertaken a massive program for investment promotion in the State of Gujarat. With this objective in mind, he is visiting USA. He is a visionary young leader of India.
The Tehelka magazine on Thursday published what everyone was curious to know — what questions were posed to chief minister Narendra Modi during his interrogation by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on March 25, 2010, and what his responses were.
The details show how Modi resorted to selective facts, evasion, amnesia, outright lies and rhetoric during his questioning.
The interrogation began with inquiry officer AK Malhotra showing Modi the text of his inflammatory public speech at Becharaji in Mehsana on September 9, 2002, in the middle of Gujarat Gaurav Yatra, and asking him if the remarks referred to Muslims.
According to Tehelka, Modi, however, replied that the speech did not refer to any particular community or religion. He said it was a political speech, in which he tried to point out the increasing population. He also said that his speech had been distorted.
The CM described as baseless his alleged instructions to police and home department officials to allow Hindus to vent their anger in the wake of the Sabarmati carnage. He claimed that he had given categorical and clear cut instructions to maintain peace and communal harmony at any cost.
The SIT asked Modi as to who gave the call for Gujarat Bandh on February 28, 2002 and Bharat Bandh on March 1, and whether the bandhs were supported by the ruling party. In response, the CM said he had learnt that Gujarat bandh call was given by the VHP.
"However, I came to know from newspaper reports on February 28 that the bandh had been supported by the BJP," he claimed. Asked to explain his statement to a news channel on March 1, 2002, in which Modi described the violence as a chain of actions and reactions, the CM replied that he did not recollect his exact words.
He told the SIT that he had always appealed only for peace, and "had tried to convey to people to shun violence in straight and simple language".
Tehelka said that on being asked about his movements on February 28, 2002, Modi replied, "On the afternoon of February 28, I met the press, and informed about the announcement of an inquiry commission and also made an appeal to the public to maintain peace and communal harmony."
During the questioning, which continued till 1 am in the night, the SIT posed a total of 71 questions to Modi. Asked who took the decision of transporting bodies of victims of Sabarmati train carnage to Ahmedabad and on what basis, Modi said it was a collective decision. The CM said the decision was taken because most of the victims belonged to Ahmedabad and nearby places.
Asked about a meeting at his residence on February 27, Modi said that it was a law and order meeting attended by top officials. He also named the officials that were present at the meeting. He also said that Sanjeev Bhatt, the then DC (intelligence), was not present, as it was a high-level meeting.
However, Bhatt has claimed that he was indeed present in the meeting. Quizzed whether a decision was taken to allow ministers Ashok Bhatt and IK Jadeja to sit in the state control room and Ahmedabad city control room, respectively, which affected supervision of riot situation, Modi said no such decision had been taken. He also claimed that he did not have any knowledge that the two ministers were positioned in the control rooms, and that he learnt about it from media.
"It has been my and my government's approach right from the first day that a culprit is a culprit irrespective of his caste, creed, religion and socio-political background, as nobody is above law," he told SIT during his 9-hour grilling.
In response to a question about whether he knew ex-MP Ahsan Jafri, who was killed in Gulbarg society massacre, and if he had requested for help over phone, the CM said that he did not know Jafri. He claimed that he had not received any phone call from Jafri.
Modi described as absurd the allegations that the then sitting ministers Nitin Patel and Narayan Patel had led the violence, arson and sexual assault on women in Kadi and Unjha respectively.
The CM also answered in the negative when questioned if he had asked senior officials to brief the then ADGP RB Sreekumar prior to his deposition before Nanavati Commission, and to influence him to not make any deposition against the government.
Asked if he was in touch with Jaydeep Patel, Babu Bajrangi and Maya Kodnani during the riots, Modi said that he knew Kodnani and Patel, while Bajrangji was not known to him. He, however, said they had not contacted him over phone during the riots.
The SIT also asked Modi's reaction to the allegations that public servants who connived with those responsible for carnage were doubly rewarded and those who tried to uphold the law were punished by way of transfers and supersessions. In response, Modi said the allegations were vague, false and without any basis.
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement about a decrease in Maoist violence during 2010, saying it was "nothing to be proud of" as now more security personnel and civilians were being killed.
Speaking on the sidelines of the chief ministers meet on internal security here, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the prime minister's remarks during the meeting that there had been a reduction in incidents of Maoist violence last year was "nothing to be proud of".
"Earlier, many Maoists and terrorists were killed. Now, many security force personnel and citizens are being killed. The capability of Maoists has increased.
"They (Maoists) have more armaments and networks to strike. They can get better results with less action. This is not a matter to be proud of," Modi said.
Attacking the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on the issue of black money, Modi said while the central government had asked states to "take serious action in cases of money-laundering, it was terming cases of black money of Indians in Swiss banks as just tax-evasion".
He said the central government should also take responsibility for curbing black money in the same way it had instructed the states.
He demanded that the central government should blacklist Germany and Austria as the two countries had refused to supply weapons to Orissa and Punjab for fear of misuse.
Chidambaram, speaking to mediapersons later, denied the allegations levelled by Modi.
The home minister said the prime minister was "absolutely right" when he said there was a decrease in incidents of left-wing extremism. Chidambaram said he had said in his speech too that there was a kind of stalemate in the fight against Maoists in 2010.
Quoting from his own speech, Chidambaram said that the Maoist-violence affected states cannot claim any major advances but it also cannot be concluded that Maoists had gained an upper hand.
The worst Maoist-affected states are Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, Chidamabram said, adding that concerns on Maoist violence should be addressed to chief ministers of all these states and not to the central government alone.
Chidambaram said Germany and Austria have denied manufacturers licence for exporting arms to some states, including Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Orissa.
He said because export licence was denied, the central government wrote a "helpful letter" that the concerned states may approach Turkey, Russia, Italy, the US and some other countries.
"There was no picking on Gujarat," he said.
To Modi's charge that the central government was not doing enough in cases of money-laundering, Chidambaram said "money laundering was not part of the agenda" of the chief ministers' conference.
To chief ministers belonging to National Democratic Alliance (NDA-ruled states blaming corruption and price rise as "factors undermining internal security", Chidambaram said "it was an extraordinary conclusion".
In his speech, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh of the BJP said the states should not be asked to pay for the deployment of central forces to battle Maoists.
"We are surprised that in this joint battle against Maoists, the states should be asked to pay for the deployment of central para-military forces. No state in the country has financial resources to make these payments," Singh added.
According to the report, one minister was in close touch with a VHP leader accused of masterminding the riots.
The report also says that the state government carried out shoddy investigations into the Gulberga society massacre.
The police officers who acted against rioting mobs were targeted by state administration, says the SIT report.
According to the probe report, Modi held meeting of top officials telling them to let Hindus vent their anger for the Sabarmati carnage.
The report says that the police wireless messages of 2002 were not made available to SIT.
