Cong reads '92 riot act aloud, cops edgy | Sonia effect

ME, SECULAR: Sonia Gandhi's tactic is being seen as an attempt to establish her secular credentials.

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Mumbai: The Congress-NCP election manifesto of 2004 promised action on the Srikrishna Commission report into the 1992-93 Mumbai riots, a pledge made in 1999 as well.

But nine years after the report was released, the silence remains deafening. On Wednesday, sources told CNN-IBN that Congress President Sonia Gandhi has asked Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh what action has been taken on the report.

But some look at it as a move to re-establish her secular credentials ahead of the crucial Gujarat elections. For now, the Congress is tossing the ball into Deshmukh’s court.

“Anything regarding the actual implementation should be best answered by the Maharashtra government,” said Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan.

In Mumbai, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna attacked the report claiming it only wanted to hang Hindus.

The report has indicted several members of the Shiv Sena for their alleged role in the riots.

“The Srikrishna report is completely biased and is against Hindus,” said Saamna Editor, Sanjay Raut.

While the Sena might appear to be opposed to the Srikrishna report, the Saamna story is a sign that the issue could actually be beneficial to the party.

It could, after all, once again revive the Hindutva agenda which for now seems to be on the backburner

The report also indicted 31 police officers for participating in the violence. Activists allege practically no action was taken to punish the guilty officers. The state government has asked the police department to conduct an enquiry.

“Some other officers are looking into the matter and are investigating various cases, including the police officers,” said Joint CP, Law and Order (Mumbai), KL Prasad.

The Bombay High Court has already given an ultimatum to the Maharashtra government asking why it has not acted against police officers like Nikhil Kapse indicted in the report for unprovoked firing.

(With Pallavi Ghosh and Raksha Shetty)