NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday blamed the Gujarat SIT’s “mischievous” claim, that late party leader Ahmed Patel had orchestrated complaints against the state government regarding the 2002 riots, on PM Modi’s attempt to “absolve himself of any responsibility for the communal carnage”.
Congress said then PM A B Vajpayee had to try to goad his party colleague and then CM to take action with his “rajdharma” remark due to the latter’s “unwillingness” to rein in rioters.
