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Sabrang Team
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October
6, 2003
The
Statesman
Godhra
kin turn on Modi, BJP
Press
Trust of India
MUMBAI, Oct. 5. — Some relatives of the Godhra train carnage
victims today alleged that they were being “pressurised” by the
BJP and VHP and demanded that the Nanavati Commission be shifted
outside the state since they had “no faith” in the Modi
government.
Addressing a press meet, organised by Citizens for Justice and
Peace, the relatives alleged that the BJP and VHP had “used”
them for political gains. “The BJP had taken our family members to
Ayodhya and assured us of bringing them back safely. Why were they
sent back without any of the BJP leaders accompanying them,” asked
82-year-old Girish Rawal, whose wife was killed in the carnage and
son stabbed during the post-Godhra riots.
Prakash Chodagar and Sharad Mhatre, both lost their wives in the
carnage, alleged that they were being “pressurised” by BJP
leader Mr Jaykant Dave to “keep our mouth shut” before the
Nanavati Commission, which is probing the riots. They even alleged
that BJP members themselves were deposing before the panel posing as
representatives of the victims’ families.
The relatives demanded that the panel hold its proceedings outside
Gujarat and under the Supreme Court’s supervision. “We can’t
get justice here,” one of them said. Bharat Panchal, who lost his
wife in the carnage, said his family hadn’t been paid the entire
compensation amount and demanded a probe into the use of the funds.
CJP secretary Ms Teesta Setalvad said her organisation would seek
police protection for the victim’s families.
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=1&theme=&usrsess=1&id=24474
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