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even if one does, it is too risky a venture, especially if he is in the government. The National Commission for Minorities (NCM)'s re quest to the Gujarat govern ment to provide it a tran script or tape of Narendra Modi's controversial gaurav yatra speech in Bhechraji has sent the officials in a tizzy. While the yatra organisers have denied that Modi has made any objectionable re marks, BJP general secre tary Arun Jaitley said there were "inaccuracies" in the print media's reporting of the speech. But sources sug gest that there was conclu sive evidence to prove that Modi indeed went overboard while talking about the minorities "multiplying them selves". The two videographers who were present during Modi's speech were actually commissioned by the state BJP. So, the officials do not know how to lay their hands on the tapes, knowing well that they could be used for criminal proceedings against the chief minister. (Times of India 13.9.02) 14 TH September Minorities panel wanted Modi’s speech, govt says sorry (7) GANDHINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 13: FORMER Chief Minis ter Keshubhai Patel says that if Narendra Modi made the anti-Muslim remarks, as re ported, it is "unfortunate." Patel, or for that matter the National Commission for Minorities which asked for a copy of Modi's speech, may never know. For, the state government today expressed its inability to send the transcript. Chief Minister's Principal Secre tary P K Mishra told The In dian Express: "Since the gov ernment has neither any tapes nor a transcript of the CM's speech, it is not in a po sition to send the same to the NCM." (<strong>Indian</strong> Express 14.9.02) 15TH September Modi will stay CM if BJP wins: Venkaiah (7) Sundernagar, September 14: A DAY after BJP leader Keshubhai Patel said Narendra Modi might not be chief minister if the party came back to power in Gujarat, BJP president Venkaiah Naidu said Modi would hold the same office if the party won. Naidu denied that Patel had said anything against Modi. Patel's was only a "justified comment" that the elected MLAs would de cide the next chief minister of Gujarat. Naidu also denied differ ence of opinion within the party on the decision to hold the Assembly elections un der Modi's leadership. Naidu, who was in Hi-machal Pradesh's Mandi district to kick off the BJP's campaign for the state elec tions, told mediapersons that reports of differences within the party existed "only in newspapers, not on the ground". (Hindustan Times 15.9.02) Gujarat victims facing starvation: NRIs (7) NEW DELHI, SEPT. l4.Raising an alarm over the grim situation in the strife-torn Gujarat, a group of NRIs from the U.S. today de plored the Government machinery for "fail ing to provide much relief to the victims of communal riots and disbursing paltry amount of money in the name of rehabilitation". Speaking to the press here at the end of their nine-day "Sadbhavana Mission" to Gujarat and New Delhi, 12 delegates from New York, North Carolina, Chicago, Dela ware, Washington, Maryland, New Jersey, Michigan and California expressed their deep anguish over what has been happen ing over the past six months in Gujarat un der the "State Government's patronage". The delegation included Nishrin Hussain, daughter of the former Congress MP, Ahsan Jafri, who was killed in the riots. "During our visit to different parts of the riot-hit State, we found the situation to be far more grim than what is being reported in the media. With the Government remov ing relief camps, victims are on the verge of starvation as they have no means of livelihood. Though there are some relief camps being run by different organisations but no official help is reaching them," said the del egation leader, Shrikumar Poddar. (Hindu 15.9.02) Gujarat events a shame: PM (7) NEW YORK, SEPT. 14. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has reiterated that the Gujarat riots were not a "good thing." Addressing members of the In dian community at a reception on Friday night, Mr. Vajpayee said that wherever he went, there was a discussion on Guj arat. The Gujaratis themselves said that they indulged in riots every two years, but this was "not good." "A situation should not be created at home which forces us to bow our heads in shame be fore others (abroad)," Mr. Vaj payee said. In what was a distinct aside in his otherwise general speech on India and In dians living abroad, he sought to reinforce his "moderate" im age in the light of the happen ings in Gujarat. Earlier, Mr. Vajpayee was told by a delegation of the American Federation of Muslims from In dia (AFMI) that there was need to ensure that India's secular, pluralistic status was not com promised. Attacking the Rash-triya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the AFMI chief, A. Rahman Nakedar, said the authorities had al lowed a
"free hand" to killers and looters in Gujarat. "We are disappointed with the Gujarat Government's handling of re lief, rehabilitation and compen sation for victims of the carnage. (Hindu 15.9.02) Land largesse (7) GANDHI NAGAR : SEPTEMBER 14: GUJARAT Chief Minister Narendra Modi does not need a gaurav yatra to make BJP MPs and MLAs and government offi cials proud of him. His largesse with land is enough. On Monday, Modi's gov ernment gave away residen tial plots at concession to 13 MPs, 54 MLAs and over 1,600 government employ ees, including officers, in Gandhinagar. And not all the elected representatives who benefited were from the rul ing party. The Congress too gained — three MPs and some MLAs got land. The BJP beneficiaries in clude party spokesman and the Chief Minister's friend Arun Jaitley, Jayanti Barot, Haribhai Chaudnary, Babubhai Katara, Lalit Patel, Dipak Patel, Savita Sharda, Bhupendra Solanki, Jayaben Thakkar and Bhavna Dave (ex-MP). The allotees from the Congress are Pravin Rashtrapal, Madhusudan Mistry and Savsi Makwana. The plots were allotted through a draw of lots car ried out in the presence of Narottam Patel, Minister for Capital Project, at the Gand hinagar District Collectorate. (<strong>Indian</strong> Express 15.9.02) NRI team on Gujarat mission was threatened (7) New Delhi, Sept. 14: Thirteen NRIs from California, Michigan, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington DC, New York and Maryland, who were on a five-day sadbhavana mission to Gujarat were threatened and nearly assaulted by local villagers of Denrol near Godhra while the delegation were urging people to let uprooted Muslim families of the village return to their homes. Delegation members told The Asian Age: "Our leader Shrikumar Poddar was talking to the villagers in Dehrol where over 74 Muslim families were driven out. We were telling the villagers to create a situation whereby these families could return. But suddenly, we were gheraod and the people got aggressive. They told Mr Poddar 'If you come back, your dead body will leave the village,' when he suggest ed the Muslim families should be allowed to return to the village." (Asian Age 15.9.02) 16 TH September Tapes capture rabid speeches made by Modi (7) Ahmedabad:The Gujarat government went into dam age-control mode even as Narendra Modi's statements against Muslims — first reported by The Times of India — came into sharp focus with a television channel playing the relevant audio tapes throughout Sunday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) representatives al leged that the tapes were doctored. "This is a conspiracy by anti-Gujarat forces and the Congress," was the general refrain of the BJP men. A state minister remarked, "There has been a trend in Gujarat of delivering such speeches for the past 40 years." Modi, who was in Amreli on Sunday for the second leg of his yatra, neither ac knowledged nor denied mak ing anti-minority statements at Bechraji. State BJP president Rajen-drasinh Rana explained that Modi was talking in the larg er context of the economic development of the state and the effect that a large popula tion has on it. (Times of India 16.9.02) TV tapes prove Modi attacked Muslims (7) New Delhi, Sept. 15: Brushing aside the evidence produced by a television channel on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's derogatory remarks on Muslims, and ignoring Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's censure of the state administration following the Gujarat carnage, deputy prime minister L.K. Advani on Sunday stood firmly behind Mr Modi and said his "Gaurav Yatra" was an example to be followed by the BJP. The VHP, meanwhile, has decid ed to bring out another "yatra" in support of Mr Modi in Gujarat. (Asian Age 16.9.02) Five crore Gujaratis will chop off Miya Musharraf hands (7) Ahmedabad, Sept. 15: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi stooped down to a deplorable new low in political rhgetoric on Sunday while warning Miya Musharfaf that if he does not stoppointing his dirty finger towards Gujarat, five crore people of Gujarat will not hesitate to chop off his hand and teach him a lesson.
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journalist with The Times of India
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Shaik Mahboob Ali and M.A. Majid, p
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Gujarat Jesuit Province and the Beh
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incident. "Mr Advani simply kept re
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communal tension in the state. The
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minority community should be recogn
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history textbooks, you maintained a
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(class 10) and HSC (class 12) exams
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Majority community. While the organ
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THE first reverberations of the BSP
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1 st May 2002 Three killed in Gujar
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2 ND May 02 BJP turned Gujarat into
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in Kalupur. Another person was stab
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opposed to the madarsa system of ed
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22nd May Gujarat yet to submit repo
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underscored by the sheer brutality
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