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October 7, 2003 Kin
of Godhra victims allege BJP, VHP 'pressure' 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''. http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/06/stories/2003100605011100.htm
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