A video clipping, purportedly containing graphic images of the 2002 Gujarat riots, is being circulated widely on social media since Tuesday (March 18) night. The development comes close on the heels of the BJP naming Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as its candidate from the city. The video — ‘& Rioter’, edited by one Sayed Mohammed Raqeem SM — contains visuals of charred bodies, hooliganism and riot victims, and calls RSS leaders and Modi ‘dharm ke numayinde’ (patrons of religion), reports said on March 20. A symbolic visual of the judiciary has also been shown in the video. All the visuals appear as a slide show with a background track, ‘Gujarat ka manjar hamne dekha hai (We’ve seen what happened in Gujarat).’
Local Samajwadi Party leader and corporator Varun Singh has also uploaded the video clip on a social-networking site. Singh said one of his friends shared the video with him, following which he realised that “making others aware about the truth of Gujarat was a must” and he shared the video with others. Singh said he “forwarded it to 24 of my friends”, some of whom are his party colleagues.