India's pro-business Modi storms to historic election win

Post by Aradalf » Sat, May 17, 2014, 9:41 PM UTC

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It is deplorable and a very tragic set of events. I wasn't there, so I had to depend on the media for my consumption of news. The Supreme Court of India has declared Narendra Modi as legally not guilty of any crimes. From the news it certainly seems the Court has erred, although it is a constitutional body and as a citizen I need to abide by its judgement. There are of course Indian citizens who charge that the media…

> The Supreme Court of India has declared Narendra Modi as legally not guilty of any crimes. This is not true. SC has said in 'absence of sufficient proof' and such. Please do your homework.

And thus not guilty....

Post by known » Sun, May 18, 2014, 5:35 AM UTC

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I find it amazing the attitude that the 2002 Gujarat riots should be brushed under the rug. There is still plenty of controversy about what happened there and Modi's and the states role in those riots, regardless of what any Supreme Court ruling has said. But I guess we should just let bygones be bygones and forget the 1000+ deaths and 100,000s of displaced lives due to riots that are widely believed to have been enc…

As I said, riots are far too frequent in India; even 1 riot is 1 too many. I was in Delhi in 1984. I saw the result of Congress goons going after Sikhs. And yet there was no Supreme Court enquiry. The Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) was never held accountable, since Delhi was a UT at that time. How come no tears are shed for my Sikh brothers?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_India#Caste_...

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