A day after the Uttar Pradesh government tabled in the Assembly a judicial commission report in connection with the 1980 Moradabad riots, Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday questioned the motive behind making the report public 40 years after a retired judge submitted the findings on the large-scale communal riots in the State.
According to the report, “No government officer, employee or Hindu was responsible for the communal flare-up at the Eidgah and other sensitive locations. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nowhere came on the front in these riots. The act was orchestrated by two leaders of Muslim League, Hamid Hussain alias Ajji and Shamim Ahmad. Even common Muslims had no role to play in the riots.”
Speaking to reporters, the SP general secretary said, “Why was it not made public when in the 1990s and early 2000s the BJP had its Chief Minister four times, including Kalyan Singhji and Rajnath Singhji. I haven’t gone through the report. But we want to know the BJP government’s motive behind presenting it now.”
