Has Nanavati done justice to India?
Not surprisingly, the first part of the report of the Nanavati Commission of Inquiry on the gory events of Gujarat in 2002 has run into a wall of criticism. The commission had been set up by the Gujarat government led by Narendra Modi. It was asked to go into the circumstances that caused the fire at Godhra station in compartment S-6 of the Sabarmati Express which was packed with karsevaks returning to Gujarat from Ayodhya, and the frenzy of communal violence subsequently unleashed against the Muslim community in the state. Media and other observers, including the NHRC, had trenchantly criticised the Modi government for being actively associated with the pogrom launched by Hindutva outfits. The Nanavati report, however, has taken a view that is completely at odds with the general impression created at the time. Read more
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