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Dr Satinath demands investigative reporting on Godhra. ---------------------------------------------------------- Kin of Godhra victims allege BJP, VHP 'pressure' Dear friends, There is every indication that the Sangh parivar had some designs with regard to the train bogy that was burnt in Godhra. Even from the comment reported in the following sentence, one can see suspicion on the part of the relatives of the victims that died in the train. ''The BJP had taken our family members to Ayodhya and assured them of bringing them back safely. Why were they sent back without none of the BJP members accompanying them,'' I think we should be asking various newspapers about their “investigative reporting”. Don’t they care to any investigative reporting? Why haven’t they done some investigative reporting with regard to Gujarat, especially about the Godhra train burning? If it were established beyond the shadow of any doubt that the train was burnt by the Sangh Parivar, I think such a report, with conclusive evidence, would be of greater significance than all of the reporting of the following carnage itself. Could a lack of proof obtained from investigative reporting suggest a desire on the part of the newspapers not to get to the bottom of the incident, particularly with so many pointers clearly pointing in the direction of a conspiracy? We need to put such questions across to all Indian newspapers. Regards, Satinath ===================== Kin of Godhra victims allege BJP, VHP 'pressure' http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/06/stories/2003100605011100.htm MUMBAI OCT. 5. Some relatives of the Godhra train carnage victims today alleged being ''pressured'' by BJP and VHP workers, and demanded shifting of the Nanavati Commission of Inquiry outside the State as they had ''no faith'' in the Narendra Modi Government. Addressing mediapersons here, the relatives, under the aegis of a city-based NGO - the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) - alleged that the BJP and the VHP had 'used' them for political gains and said they felt abandoned. ''The BJP had taken our family members to Ayodhya and assured them of bringing them back safely. Why were they sent back without none of the BJP members accompanying them,'' asked 82-year-old Girish Rawal, whose wife Sudha was killed in the carnage and son Ashwin was stabbed in post-Godhra violence. The BJP and the VHP-sponsored Ayodhya yatra was ''politically motivated'', he alleged. Prakash Chodagar and Sharad Mhatre, both of whom lost their wives in the carnage, alleged they were ''pressured'' by the BJP leader, Jaykant Dave, during the inquiry by the Nanavati Commission to ''keep our mouth shut'' and the party functionaries themselves deposed posing as representatives of the victims' families. Demanding shifting of the inquiry outside Gujarat under the supervision of the Supreme Court, the family members said they had 'no faith' in the BJP Government and added, ''We cannot get justice in the State''. PTI |
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