Myth 15: Narendra Modi gave free hand to rioters for 3 days
Posted on May 24, 2009 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media |
Fact: This much-repeated nonsensical allegation is baseless. Narendra Modi frantically called the Army units to Ahmedabad on February 28- as per the report of The Hindu the next day. India Today weekly’s report ‘Chronology of a Crisis’ on this topic in its issue dated 18 March 2002 also proves this beyond doubt.
The fact is- that the Army staged a flag march in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Godhra on 1st March- i.e. the 2nd day. So there was no question of giving anyone a free hand. The blatant lie was repeated many times in the media. The TV channel CNN-IBN on its Hindi channel reported on 26 October 2007- by writing on TV screens- “There was given 3 days time to kill in Gujarat”. The fact is- out of the 3 days- the Army was present in 2 days- and the extent of violence was far less as compared to the first day. The Hindu itself reported on 3rd March 2002- that the situation improved in Ahmedabad on 2nd March- i.e. the 3rd day of the riots.
Moreover-there was already a minority backlash on the 2nd day of the riots- i.e. on 1st March the Muslims started a backlash in Ahmedabad- as reported by The Hindu the next day. The question of the next two days does not arise- even on February 28- when the Army was not present- the police shot dead 10 Hindus in Ahmedabad alone- and 26 were injured. The police fired around 1,000 rounds- out of which 600 were fired in Ahmedabad alone-on February 28. Police saved 2500 Muslims from certain death in Sanjeli- a town in North Gujarat on 1st March 2002- i.e. the 2nd day of the riots.
Narendra Modi did not even give 3 minutes- not to talk of 3 days to the rioters. He had ordered 827 preventive arrests on February 27 itself- and given shoot-at-sight at Godhra on February 27 itself at 9:45 AM- only 2 hours after the Godhra carnage. The entire police force was deployed in Gujarat in view of apprehension that riots might break out on February 27 itself. The Rapid Action Force was deployed in Ahmedabad and other sensitive areas and the Centre sent in CRPF personnel-on February 27 itself! All this was reported by various English newspapers-like The Indian Express, The Times of India, The Tribune, The Hindustan Times etc the next day- i.e. 28 February.
To see the report- click on the link- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2256789.cms
The Tribune’s report can be read on- http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020228/main1.htm
Also- Defence Minister George Fernandes was in Ahmedabad on 1st March at 1:00 AM on Narendra Modi’s request. And the next day- he was bravely on Ahmedabad’s streets at a great risk to personal life. If Modi gave a free hand for 3 days- then why did he call George Fernandes?
On Feb 27 itself- www.rediff.com reported- “The situation became tense as news of the incident spread to other parts of the state prompting the state government to initiate precautionary security measures. Security has been tightened in Godhra and other parts of Gujarat.”
The Link for this report is:
http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/27train.htm
Rediff.com also reported quoting PTI on Feb 28 evening that-“The army has been asked to stand by and the Rapid Action Force and the Central Industrial Security Force have been deployed in Ahmedabad and other places.”
The link for this report is-
http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/28train15.htm
Rediff.com reported on Feb 27 itself- after Godhra that- “Two companies of the Rapid Action Force and one company of the State Reserve Police were deployed at Godhra to guard against further outbreak of violence.”
The link for the report: http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/27train4.htm
On Feb 28- curfew was imposed in Baroda at 8 Am in the morning itself- as reported by rediff.com the same day. The report says-
“Indefinite curfew was imposed in the city from 0800 hours following the stabbing incidents, a senior police official said.
Curfew had been imposed in the six police station areas of the walled city (i.e. Ahmedabad) and RAF and CISF companies have been deployed in sensitive areas, Police Commissioner Deen Dayal Tuteja said.
Indefinite curfew has also been imposed in Lunawada town of Panchmahal district after 0200 hours on Wednesday night following incidents of arson and looting, he said.
Meanwhile, indefinite curfew, imposed in Godhra town after the attack on the train on Wednesday, continued on Thursday without any relaxation.
No untoward incident was reported during the curfew so far, police said.
The situation had remained peaceful and under control in other parts of the state during the night, police said.”
The link is- http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/28train1.htm
On the 2nd day of the riots- Shoot-at-sight orders were extended to Ahmedabad as well. The report of rediff.com on 1st March 2002 was-
“Alarmed by the unabated incidents of violence in the city, the Gujarat government on Friday issued shoot-at-sight orders to the police against those indulging in arson and violence.
The announcement was made by Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad, official sources said. Modi has issued directives to the police to deal ’strictly with arsonists and if need be shoot-at-sight any person indulging in rioting’, they added.
Meanwhile, the army staged flag marches in the violence-hit areas of Ahmedabad - Daraipur, Shahpur, Shahibaug and Naroda - to instill confidence among the people as unabated violence has claimed 111 lives in the city alone so far.
The army personnel were out in different areas like Daraipur, Shahpur, Shahibaug and Naroda, police said.”
Link: http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/mar/01train4.htm
In chapter 2 we have already seen the reports of The Hindu and The Indian Express to know the steps taken by the Gujarat government to curb the violence. The Telegraph-published from Kolkata also reported on 1st March 2002-
“ (On Feb 28) The Vajpayee government, alarmed that law and order were spiralling out of control, ordered deployment of the army in the state. The army has already begun pre-deployment drills in violence-scarred areas and will be out latest by tomorrow morning. Defence minister George Fernandes is travelling to Gujarat tomorrow…Curfew was clamped in 26 towns… “There is a fire inside us. Our blood is boiling,” Mangalben, a woman from Dariapur, said. “What is the fault of those children who died? There is a volcano of anger.”
Link:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020301/front_pa.htm#head2
In other words-there was a volcano of anger among the masses- whose blood was boiling after the Muslims brutally roasted 59 kar sewaks including 15 children in Godhra. On the events of 1st March 2002- The Telegraph reported in its issue dated 2nd March-
“A funeral procession cast away its veil of mourning and exploded into a mob of killers, torching houses inside which the pursued were huddled. Official sources said eight people died in the incident, but unofficial estimates put the toll at above 30.
An agency report suggested vengeance for the death of three persons earlier in the day as the motive for the attack at Pandarwada, 70 km from Godhra….
Despite the presence of the army — some 3,500 soldiers have arrived in the state — in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot, the rioting has not stopped.”
See link:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020302/front_pa.htm#head1
And they say that Narendra Modi gave 3 days to the rioters to kill! They demand that the BJP and Narendra Modi should ‘apologize’ for the Gujarat riots. They should realize and so also the BJP spokespersons who come on TV and miserably fail to point out the truth- that it is not Narendra Modi who should apologize- but the entire media- for lying and lying, exaggerating, defaming Narendra Modi. The media can be tried under Section 153-A (Creating enmity between two groups)- because of its one-sided reporting- and Section 500 of IPC- (Defaming)- for needlessly defaming BJP, Sangh Parivar and Narendra Modi- and also tarnishing the image of India.
This tale of lies and myths is unending. It can go on and on and on. We will, however, need to conclude this chapter here itself. An enterprising writer would do well to compile an encyclopedia of these media lies on the entire Gujarat scenario. He can start with media lies on Godhra, on concocting imaginary ‘provocations’ for Godhra, the lies concocted on the post-Godhra riots-such as the extent of the riots, the number of people killed, the imaginary tales and stories of unnamed victims, the rapes and murders of innocent people, etc etc. And he can conclude with the media’s malicious reporting during the Gujarat Assembly elections of December 2002 when the media was the Congress’ pillar and tried to defeat the BJP. The BJP, which suffers the maximum damage from these lies, has unwisely allowed the media to escape the courts for one-sided, malicious lies.
why to talk about religion yar..this is all politics and riots are always promoted by political parties.every one is involved.we all know that..bloody vote politics.we should be smart now.these political parties have never done good for us whether hindus or muslims.we must understand there intentions..if we are real patriots ,we should think only of india and not of religion descrimaimination yar…grow up..still we are lagging behind those western countries.we need to build ourself strong..and without unity it can never be done.be a true indian..jai bharat
There is no transformation of Strength except the means of Almighty.
So please praise the lord of the Universe only.
I agree with vivek. Kashmir was the crowning glory of Indian secularism. Liberal and westernised to boot. All shop signboards in English, not Urdu or Kashmiri. What happened? All bars closed down, all movie halls, and beauty parlours closed down, all hindus wiped out. My temples desecrated. Why shouldnt I react? The muzzies are secular only because they are in a minority and not in power. If they had the power they would make whole India into islamic country. Wipe them out today when they are in a minority, or tomorrow they wipe you out anyway.
To,Deepakji,
For making Akhand Hindu Rastra,we can do whatever as per situation demanded.Agar pure desh vilonce hota hain to bhi hame parvah nahi.You are always talk about Godhra post riots,Muslim people but you are not uttered any single word about Kashmiri Hindu Pandit.They are suffering from lot of diceses.rather than barking against RSS and its leader,you should worries about Kashmiri Pandits because they are still facing many problem.
Are ha! Aap ki microwave ka kya hua?
Jai shree Ram!
and what is this moron Vivek talking about Indian culture…I have seen ramayan shows, mahabharat shows, the women used to dress up so boldly in ancient indian, there tios were sleevless, cut, almost deigner baras, and these were maharanis and daughters of kings, dancers and other women who lived in those eras…
Because of fanatic people like him, now women can hardly even dress up the way they like, because hungry men (both who follow congress and BJP) start starring at them like they have never seen a woman before.
And this all fault of people like Bhagawat and co. trying to undermine sexual freedom, opressing ideas and what not!!
Open your eyes you freak, your time if come and gone, it is our time, the free time!!
hindu terrorist, those people (muslims or christians or anyone else) who impose anything on us, or try to denounce us are not indians…those people are not the ones I cry for…but genuinley there are muslims and christians who love india and like its values. They cannot be treate dlike other criminals.
But not all of them are criminals or hate our religion. Just like not all terrorist are muslims, this ideology of RSS is wrong that all muslims are our enemies.
Not to mention, vivek thinks his organization can stop Valentines day , and other secular things in india?? The fact is these things are increasing in india exponentially everyday!!
I stil lremember year 2000 when i left India, and look at India today!! It has gone so much ahead, and he is rining songs of Gayatri mantara. Nothing wrong with being religious, but way of life is totally independent chouice, just like idea of of Gay and lesbians…IT IS INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.
I said full masti, and his response was nange hoke kariye…you can see how extreme his ideology is about everything. Did i say I will do that, full masti means whatever i want to do, as in drink or sing or kiss someone.
Even you will agree that not all people in CONGRESS ARE BAD, AND NOT ALL PEOPLE IN BJP ARE BAD. But just read his idiotic comments, he so hoplessly belives that CONGRESS IS THE BIGGEST ENEMY OF HINDUISM AND INDIA, but the fact is BJP is also doing same damage to india as congres spoliticians are, and it is not their individual actions, it is the political cultur ein India that is sooo bad.
But according to him BJP is goog good and good, everything that BJOP will do is goood good and good, that is an obvious bias and makes him just another SLAVE TO HATE IDEOLOGY.
Go sing and dace all you can Vivek, Indians will be secular, will enjoy western things and will live together. there are 20 crore + minorities, you think you got a strong enough army to kill them all?? Good luck bro, tere grand children bhi lage rahe na marne maarne ko, tab bhi india HINDU RASHTRA NAHI BANGEA…GAURANTEED!!
and the slave gets aggravated…
Kaise kaise matimandh (mentally retarded) logon se paala padta hai? Abe psuedo intellect. You talk of education, westernisation etc? I am a post grad masters degree, westernised to boot. Widely travelled. I WANT my India to be modern liberal secular. Celebrating valentines day, I do too. Spend most of my leisure in discos. My problem with muslims is very simple. They object to my idols (false gods) they also object to my libertine lifestyle. Sharaab is haraam. THATS WHY I hate them and want them wiped out. NO respect for my way of life. Imposing THEIR f***all ideology down my throat. Talking of hindu rashtra, if we wipe out all muslims in India it will be 95% hindu. Add buddhists, jains and sikhs we will be 98% hindu. Even with a 98% hindu population, I still want India to be a liberal secular democracy. I just dont want this ONE trouble making community in my country. Thats all.
To,Deepakji,
Valentine day manaoge with full masti? to aap sab girlfriend ke sath rastepe nange hoke ye sab kari ye na! Aap logon ko kya fark padta hain! Ham bhi dekhenge ye sab mazese! Nalayak sale! Apne culture ke bareme kuch nahi malum aur chale valentine day manane!Apne akal ki diwali hame mat dikhao!
Manmohan sing and chidambaram are true educated?Thats why,Hindustan is facing problem like unemployment,bad roads,problem of internal and external security,conversion of Hindu people,curruption etc,thats why our weakest prime minister,and Home minister required NSG commandos for thiere personal Z+ security.Dr.Pravinji Togdiya has already ignored a security offered by central government though he got many threatened by Muslim organisation.Its required guts.Woh congreji hijadon ka kam nahi.
Adya Sarsanghchalak Mohanji Bhagwat will never required to lick your dirty jootis.He is well educated and clever person more than you.
Abe Teesta Setalwad ke chamche,Tumhari Madam itna pura support(NHRC,congress,Muslim league)ho ne ke bavjood hamara kuch nahi ukhad payi to tum kya secular rakhoge HINDUSTAN ko wo bhi US me baithkar! ham dekhenge kaise rahata hain Hindustan secular!
We are not Darpok.atleast you have no right to say Darpok to us.Kaha aapna kala mooh chupake baithe hain aap Gujarat me badmash secularist! If you have some guts then give so called justice to Muslim people by raising voice against Mr.Narendraji Modi in the Gujarat.go,go and do it immediately.
With the hopeful lines of great revolutioner Veer V.D.Savarkarji
” Sampurn Hindu rastra ye Hinduon ka janmasidh adhikar hain.Yeh Hindu hoga,ek din jaroor,yeh Hindu Rastra banane ka karya main anewale pushtiyon ke hath me chhod raha hoon.Agar ye Hindu Rastra nahi hota hain to main sabse bada pagal hounga lekin ye Hindu Rastra hota hain to main sabse bada hoshiar samaza jayega”
Read all the books of V.D.Savarkar then you will realise that the Hinduism of Sangh Parivar is much smoother than Hinduism of Savarkar!
Karma karo!Microwave! Ha ha ha fu fu!
Jai shree Ram!
Sisters and brothers of India as being Indian,
why we have to try to discuss all this with Muslim pepole, how can it is possible that you do everything with muslim and if muslim do something agains your activity is Godhara Burning train, but why you COWARD NON REAL HINDUS never talk that why Godhara Burning train happen.
Who dream to Burn the Train of GODHARA, no that dreamer were not MUSLIM and even not REAL HINDU. Check the History and come back.
These kind of policies are from originated from YAHOOD and yahood have no TRRUE religion to follow. Whatever their in their mind is Business and Money. Only so Check the HISTORY again and come back.
KIND REGARDS,
KHAN 1