{"id":1067,"date":"2023-12-26T05:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gujaratriots.com\/gujaratriots\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2025-01-30T18:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:31:22","slug":"narendra-modi-gave-free-hand-to-rioters-for-3-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gujaratriots.com\/gujaratriots\/2023\/12\/26\/narendra-modi-gave-free-hand-to-rioters-for-3-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi gave free hand to rioters for 3 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Fact:<\/strong> In reality, Narendra Modi ‘frantically’ called the Army units to Ahmedabad on February 28- as per the report of The Hindu<\/em>\u00a0the next day.\u00a0India Today<\/em>\u00a0weekly\u2019s report \u2018Chronology of a Crisis\u2019<\/a> on this topic in its issue dated 18 March 2002 also proves this beyond doubt.<\/p>

The full details of the steps taken by the Gujarat Government to control violence can be read in this article:<\/p>

https:\/\/gujaratriots.com\/gujaratriots\/news\/chapter-02-role-of-the-government-in-controlling-violence<\/a><\/p>

Before seeing this issue, let us remember the following facts. In an interview given by Narendra Modi to\u00a0Outlook<\/em>\u00a0magazine in its issue dated 18 March 2002<\/a>\u2013<\/p>

\u201cWere you playing the fiddle while Gujarat burned?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

No. Contrary to what is\u00a0now being projected<\/strong>, I brought sanity within 72 hours of the violent outbreak\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Note Narendra Modi\u2019s sentence \u201cNo. Contrary to what is\u00a0now being projected<\/strong>, I brought sanity within 72 hours of the violent outbreak.\u201d In other words, the projection against Modi started\u00a0AFTER the riots.\u00a0We have already seen the reports of the newspapers like\u00a0The Hindu<\/em>,\u00a0The Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0to note that there were no allegations against Narendra Modi or the Gujarat Government at the time of the actual riots. They started much later.\u00a0 Doordarshan news said on 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0March 2002 (Sunday) at night in the English bulletin: \u201cViolence has ended in a record time in Ahmedabad\u2026Only 3 days\u2026In the past it would take many weeks\u2026 Today (Sunday) curfew was relaxed, people bought items from bazaar\u2026\u201d.<\/em><\/span> No allegation against the state government but praise of controlling violence in just 3 days!\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 All accusations on Narendra Modi and demands for his resignation, dismissal started AFTER the riots.<\/strong> This was because, the media wanted some scapegoat to be made for the riots. It wanted Modi to sack a few police officers, drop a minister or two. But Modi did nothing of the sort. He did not blame anyone, did not make anyone a scapegoat. In an interview to NDTV broadcast in March\/April 2004, Narendra Modi said to Shekhar Gupta (Editor of The Indian Express<\/em>):<\/p>

\u201cYou all wanted that someone be made scapegoat. I did not do that. I allowed you to break all pots on my head alone. You have all decided, all these riots happened under this man (Narendra Modi). Until this man is removed from the Chief Minister\u2019s post, we will not rest in peace. My best wishes to you in your mission.\u201d<\/em> <\/span>Narendra Modi did not resign, and the BJP did not dismiss him, so the Leftist media was livid.<\/p>

The fact is that the Army staged a flag march in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Godhra on 1st March- i.e. the 2nd day. <\/strong>Yet, the TV channel CNN-IBN on its Hindi channel, reported on 26 October 2007 (at the time of Tehelka’s sting operation being broadcast, around 1 and half months before the Gujarat Assembly elections) by writing on TV screens: \u201cThere was given three days freedom to kill in Gujarat\u201d.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 There was already a minority backlash on the second day of the riots-i.e. on 1st March the Muslims started a backlash in Ahmedabad, as reported by The Hindu<\/em> the next day. The question of the next two days does not arise (as the Army was present) and even on 28 February when the Army was not present, the police fired around 1496 rounds, out of which at least 600 were fired in Ahmedabad alone, shot dead 11 Hindus and injured 16. Total 4297 tear gas shells were burst in the state on that day and 700 arrests were also made.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 Out of the 3 days the Army was present on 2 days and the extent of violence was far less as compared to the first day.<\/strong>\u00a0The Hindu<\/em>\u00a0itself reported on 3rd March 2002\u00a0 that the situation improved in Ahmedabad on 2nd March\u00a0 i.e. the 3rd day of the riots.\u00a0The Tribune<\/em>\u00a0reported on 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0March 2002 that:<\/p>

\u201c(On 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0March) Ahmedabad, the worst hit by the communal flare-up in the wake of Godhra train killings, was virtually back to normal\u2026\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

That is, the Government managed to control riots in the communally sensitive state in 3 days after Godhra, and in only 2 days in a communally ultra-sensitive place like Ahmedabad.<\/strong><\/p>

\u00a0Police 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.<\/strong><\/p>

Narendra Modi did not even give 3 minutes- not to talk of 3 days to the rioters.\u00a0He had ordered 827 preventive arrests on February 27 itself- and given shoot-at-sight at Godhra on February 27 itself at 9:45 AM- less than 2 hours after the Godhra carnage. <\/strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>

All this was reported by various English newspapers-like The Indian Express<\/em>,\u00a0The Times of India<\/em>,\u00a0The Tribune,<\/em>The Hindustan Times<\/em>\u00a0etc the next day- i.e. 28 February.<\/p>

To see the report- click on the link-\u00a0http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/2256789.cms<\/a><\/p>

The Tribune\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0report can be read on-\u00a0http:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/2002\/20020228\/main1.htm<\/a><\/p>

Also- Defence Minister George Fernandes was in Ahmedabad on 1st March at 1:00 AM on Narendra Modi\u2019s request. And the next day- he was bravely on Ahmedabad\u2019s streets at a great risk to personal life.<\/p>

On Feb 27 itself- www.rediff.com reported- \u201cThe situation became tense as news of the incident spread to other parts of the state prompting the state government to initiate precautionary security measures.\u00a0<\/strong>Security has been tightened in Godhra and other parts of Gujarat.\u201d<\/span>
The Link for this report is:
http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/2002\/feb\/27train.htm<\/a><\/p>

Rediff.com also reported quoting PTI on Feb 28 evening that-\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>
The link for this report is-
http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/2002\/feb\/28train15.htm<\/a><\/p>

Rediff.com reported on Feb 27 itself- after Godhra that- \u201cTwo 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.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>
The link for the report:\u00a0http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/2002\/feb\/27train4.htm<\/a><\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0 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-<\/p>

\u201cIndefinite curfew was imposed in the city from 0800 hours following the stabbing incidents, a senior police official said.<\/span><\/p>

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.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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.<\/span><\/p>

Meanwhile, indefinite curfew, imposed in Godhra town after the attack on the train on Wednesday, continued on Thursday without any relaxation.<\/span><\/p>

No untoward incident was reported during the curfew so far, police said.<\/span><\/p>

The situation had remained peaceful and under control in other parts of the state during the night, police said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

The link is-\u00a0http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/2002\/feb\/28train1.htm<\/a><\/p>

On the 2nd day of the riots- Shoot-at-sight orders were extended to Ahmedabad as well.<\/strong>\u00a0The report of rediff.com on 1st March 2002 was-<\/p>

\u201cAlarmed 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.\u00a0<\/strong>Modi has issued directives to the police to deal \u2018strictly with arsonists and if need be shoot-at-sight any person indulging in rioting\u2019, they added.<\/span><\/p>

Meanwhile, the army staged flag marches in the violence-hit areas of Ahmedabad \u2013 Daraipur, Shahpur, Shahibaug and Naroda\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 to instill confidence among the people as unabated violence has claimed 111 lives in the city alone so far.<\/span><\/p>

The army personnel were out in different areas like Daraipur, Shahpur, Shahibaug and Naroda, police said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/2002\/mar\/01train4.htm<\/a><\/p>

In chapter 3 we have already seen the reports of The Hindu<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Indian Express<\/em>\u00a0to know the steps taken by the Gujarat government to curb the violence.\u00a0The Telegraph<\/em>-published from Kolkata also reported on 1st March 2002-<\/p>

\u201c (On Feb 28)\u00a0The 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\u2026Curfew was clamped in 26 towns\u2026\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThere is a fire inside us. Our blood is boiling,\u201d Mangalben, a woman from Dariapur, said. \u201cWhat is the fault of those children who died? There is a volcano of anger.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/p>

http:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/1020301\/front_pa.htm#head2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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<\/em>\u00a0reported in its issue dated 2nd March-<\/p>

\u201cA 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.<\/span><\/p>

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\u2026.<\/span><\/p>

Despite the presence of the army \u2014 some 3,500 soldiers have arrived in the state \u2014 in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot, the rioting has not stopped.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

See link:<\/p>

http:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/1020302\/front_pa.htm#head1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

Those making factually incorrect charges can be tried under Section 153-A (creating enmity between two groups) for one-sided reporting and infuriating Muslims and Section 500 of IPC (Defamation) for defaming BJP, Sangh Parivar <\/em>and Narendra Modi.<\/p>

For full details of\u00a0the steps taken by the Government<\/a> see link:<\/p>

https:\/\/gujaratriots.com\/gujaratriots\/news\/chapter-02-role-of-the-government-in-controlling-violence\/<\/a><\/p>

To read the full chapter, read the book \u201cGujarat Riots: The True Story\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>

https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Gujarat-Riots-True-Story-Truth\/dp\/1482841649\/<\/a><\/p>

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