Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Monday said the Supreme Court ruling in the 2002 Gujarat riots case is a great relief to the BJP and to those who believe in the good administration of chief minister Narendra Modi.
In a relief to Mr Modi, the SC refused to pass any order on his alleged inaction to contain the 2002 Gujarat riots after the Godhra train carnage, and referred the matter to the magistrate concerned in Ahmedabad for a decision.
“I have not seen any politician being maligned in the way Mr Modi has been. In the political history of India, there hasn’t been such misinformation propaganda against any other political leader,” Mr Advani told reporters at the airport in Mumbai.
Describing the Gujarat chief minister as an outstanding leader of the BJP, who is capable of discharging every responsibility assigned by the party, Mr Advani said it was “good that the Supreme Court did not accept or subscribe to the misinformation campaign against Mr Modi.”
“Good governance and honest administration provided by the Modi government in Gujarat is rarely seen in any state or country,” he said.
Moreover, Mr Advani said his country-wide “yatra” will focus on corruption and also on the government’s failure to check black money.
“The government has not done enough to bring black money stashed away abroad back to the country. This creates doubt in one’s mind whether this is due to the presence of some people in the government, whose money is stashed abroad,” he said. He also visited the Mount Mary Church on Monday, recalling his association with the Catholic community as a student in a Karachi school.