Shadow of 2002 riots won`t leave Narendra Modi: JD(U)

Janata Dal (United) leader Shivanand Tiwari said that shadow of 2002 riots will not leave Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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Patna: Janata Dal United (JD-U) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Shivanand Tiwari on Wednesday said that shadow of 2002 riots will not leave Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. “He may have got relief from lower court but shadow of 2002 riots will not leave Narendra Modi,” said Tiwari. Tiwari had earlier said that Modi has a fascist mindset and thinks he is above the nation. The JD(U) and BJP were partners in the Bihar Government till June 2013 when the former broke the 17-year alliance over the latter`s decision to give Modi a starring role in the party`s election campaign. Former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar has, meanwhile, appealed to Modi to initiate "concrete" measures to ensure delivery of justice and provide genuine relief and rehabilitation to victims of the 2002 communal riots in accordance with the "grief" expressed by him on the violence on his blog. Sreekumar wrote an open letter to Modi on Tuesday, asking him to immediately expedite the judicial procedures and rehabilitation of the riot victims. While emphasising on Modi`s "emotional reaction" to riots after eleven years, Sreekuamar pointed out 13 areas where the CM must look into immediately. In his 13-page letter to Modi, Sreekumar stated that while Modi wrote on his blog that he had to single-handedly focus all the strength given to him by God on the task of peace, justice and rehabilitation and burying the pain he was personally wracked with, the ground reality was that much needed to be done to ensure peace, social cohesion, intrinsic rehabilitation and resettlement of riot victims. (With Agency inputs)