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Modi's "Action-Reaction" Statement on 2002 Riots

Madhu Purnima Kishwar

Modi's "Action-Reaction" Statement on 2002 Riots and “Rs 50 Crore Girlfriend” Speech

Rajiv Gandhi had justified the 1984 pogrom against the Sikhs in Delhi and other places in north India saying, “When a big tree falls, the earth is bound to shake.” It was the most clear cut example of Congress led killings which resulted in one way killings of Sikhs and brutalization of Sikh women. Not a single Hindu was killed in the 1984 mayhem. Till date not a single Congress leader who was found leading riotous mobs during those murderous days, has been punished. Nor was Rajiv Gandhi or any other Congress leader hounded for allowing the massacre for full 3 days right under their noses. But then Congress does not have to worry about such trivialities since it claims to be “secular”!

Teesta Setalvad’s NGO and others targeting Narendra Modi for his alleged complicity in the post Godhra riots of 2002 have tried attributing a similar statement to Narendra Modi. The Supreme Court appointed SIT examined the charge in –depth. The charge is that when asked about the post Godhra violence, Modi quoted Newton’s third law of motion which states that ‘every action has an equal and opposite reaction’ - “Har kriya ki pratikriya hoti hai” (Quoted in Communalism Combat, pg. 107, “Genocide Gujarat 2002” (Mar-Apr.2002), Ms Setalvad’s case is that this proves Modi justified the anti Muslim violence that followed the burning down of a rail bogie leading to 58 Hindus being charred to death.

However, the Special Investigative Team appointed by the Supreme Court exonerated Modi of this charge on the ground that that the actual statement was- “Kriya pratikriya ki chain chal rahi hai. Hum chhate hain ki na kriya ho aur na pratikriya” (A chain of action–reaction is going on. We want that there should be neither “action” nor “reaction”)


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