The SC order on the petition filed by the widow of former MP Ehsan Jaffery, who was killed in the Gulberg Society carnage, is being deliberately misinterpreted by the BJP as a clean chit to Narendra Modi. The way a few electronic news channels went gaga inferring the verdict as a reprieve to Mr. Modi is appalling. Some media houses have gone a step further to portend Mr. Modi as a fit case for the BJP’s future Prime Ministerial candidate. One must remember that the Supreme court had taken a sympathetic view over Ms. Jaffery’s petition filed in the year 2006 and directed the SIT to probe the alleged complicity of Mr. Narendra Modi and others in the post-Godhra riots. Again, the Supreme Court appointed amicus curiae in the Gulberg Society case, to investigate independently on the complaint filed by Zakia Jaffery. What is disappointing however, is that the apex court, by asking the SIT to submit its final report in the magistrate court, has pushed the matter back to square one, conforming to the adage “justice delayed is justice denied”.
Syed Sultan Mohiddin
Kadapa, A.P.