Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday broke its silence on the 28-year sentence awarded to the party's Gujarat legislator Maya Kodnani, saying the conviction was proof of the existence of rule of law in the state.
"The sentencing shows there exists rule of law in Gujarat. It proves the judiciary has the independence to make its decisions," BJP national spokesman Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said.
"When a riot is attributed to the BJP, it is always called communal but when parties like Congress or the Samajwadi Party indulge in riots, then they are said to be secular riots," he added.
Kodnani was sentenced to 28 years in jail for her involvement in the Naroda Patiya riots where 97 Muslims were killed, during the post-Godhra violence that erupted in Gujarat in 2002....
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01:39 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Ahmedabad: A decade after 97 people were killed in a massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots at Naroda Patiya area of Ahmedabad, a special court on Friday sentenced to life 31 people, including sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former minister in the Narendra Modi government, Maya Kodnani. It is an unprecedented victory for the Special Investigating Team (SIT) appointed by the Supreme Court, which is probing nine Gujarat...
11:18 PM, Aug 31, 2012
A trial court convicted 32 people, including BJP MLA Maya Kodnani, Bajrang Dal's Babu Bajrangi, and acquitted 29 others in the Naroda Patiya massacre case. On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - Is a sense of justice returning to Gujarat? Here is the full transcript of the show: Sagarika Ghose: Good evening. Yes it's a big day for justice and a big...
11:46 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Washington: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has refused to apologise for the 2002 riots in the state. "One only has to ask for forgiveness if one is guilty of a crime. If you think it's such a big crime, why should the culprit be forgiven? "Just because Modi is a chief minister, why should he be forgiven. I think Modi should get the biggest punishment possible if he is guilty....
03:03 AM, Aug 30, 2012
A trial court convicted 32 people, including BJP MLA Maya Kodnani, Bajrang Dal's Babu Bajrangi, and acquitted 29 others in the Naroda Patiya massacre case. ...
11:58 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi could face an awkward situation following the conviction of sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Naroda, Maya Kodnani, Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi and 30 others in the February 28, 2002 massacre of 97 people at Naroda Patiya by a trial court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Maya Kodnani, who was the sitting MLA of Naroda when the massacre took place in 2002, is...
06:37 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Supreme Court-mandated Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday opposed an application filed by NGO 'Jan Sangharsh Manch' urging a local court to restrict the SIT from handing over the documents, submitted by them in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, to Zakia Jafri and others. SIT lawyer R S Jamuar opposed the application, saying since the apex court had directed it to provide all relevant documents concerning the probe...
11:59 PM, May 25, 2012
