MINORITIES - 2002 - Indian Social Institute

Congress MP Ehsaan Jaffrey was killed along with 38 others, and the Naroda village incident where six
persons were burnt alive, has revealed involvement of first-timers. (Asian Age 28.5.02)
29 th May
Pak must mind own business (7)
New Delhi: THE NATIONAL Commission for Minorities has severely criticised Pakistani President General
Pervez Musharraf's statement on Monday which accused India of ill-treating the minorities. The statement
is intended to provoke the majority and is not in the interest of minorities, Vice-Chairman Trilochan Singh
told The Pioneer. General Musharraf in.his television address urged the world to take notice of "Hindu
extremists' aggression in Kashmir, Gujarat and elsewhere in India against Muslim, Christians, Sikhs and
their scheduled castes and tribes."
"Gen Musharraf went all out to provoke the Hindus," Mr Singh said. Asking Pakistan to mind its own
business, Mr Singh said, in India there is a machinery for redressing the grievances of minorities — the
commission and Courts. "In Pakistan, there are no minorities left (over the years). Mr. Singh said. (Pioneer
29.5.02)
29 th May
Senior bureaucrats want out of Gujarat, many go on leave (7)
Gandhinagar: Senior bureaucrats of Gujarat seem fed-up with the political leadership. Most of them are
going on long leave. Others have asked for posting outside the state. The change has come after a
meeting of the IAS Association — scheduled to be held last month — was scuttled.
Attempts by chief minister Narendra Modi to involve officers in riot relief and related activities i have not
been too successful. In the first week of April, a cell was formed j with six officers under the chairmanship
of K C Kapoor, to collect information on violence, study the pattern of the riots and suggest remedial
measures. The cell never met, and Kapoor himself went on a long leave. "We were not clear about what
was to be done. There was no clear brief and besides we thought this was a police job, said a member.
(Times of India 29.5.02)
29th May
Cops finally pick up Bajrang man (7)
AHMEDABAD, MAY 28: THREE months after the massacre in Naroda-Patiya and Naroda Gam, the city
crime branch last night arrested Bajrang Dal worker Babu Bajrangi and two other accused, Kishan Korani
and Parmindrasingh Rajput, named in FIRs. As many as 89 people were killed in the massacre. Rajput
and Bajrangi were picked up from Bajrangi's house at Bhagyodaya Society at Naroda. Korani was
arrested from his Apna Ghar Society home at Naroda-Patiya.
Eight others too were arrested for the Naroda-Patiya massacre. None of them, however, figured in an FIR,
but were named by survivors, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) P.P. Pandey said. (Indian Exp
29.5.02)
30 th May
Police chief to appear before minority panel (7)
NEW DELHI, MAY 29__: THE case was that of a daylight robbery. But due to the inability of the local
police to complete the investigations in the case, the National Commission of Minorities has asked Delhi
Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma to present himself before the Commission tomorrow. The victim,
Rushta Begum, a resident of Lakshmi Nagar, has argued that she was discriminated against because she
belongs to the minority community. "According to the complaint filed with the Commission, some
unidentified miscreants entered Rushta Begum's house on March 14 and made off with goods and
jewellery amounting to Rs 3 lakh. The incident took place at 4.15 pm, official sources said. (Indian Exp
30.5.02)
30 th May
Backroom parleys delay NHRC report (7)
New Delhi: Where is the final report of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the Gujarat
violence? Nearly two months after the commission's preliminary report — which indicted the Narendra
Modi government for failing to protect the lives and property of the state's Muslim citizens—the NHRC is