Godhra "Killing" revealed!
And finally the truth has seen the daylight. The incident that killed 59 Hindu pilgrims in a train in Godhra was result of an accident. This occurrence was neither triggered by any Muslim mob nor was it a part of international conspiracy but just a simple mishap that started inside the coach "without any external input", bravely declared by Indian government investigation on January 17th. But the question is what good would this finding do to the Muslim population of Gujarat when the damage has already been done.
Helplessly the world witnessed that this train fire incident set off a riot against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002. What was most disturbing of all was the role of the then government Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). During this tragedy, intentionally or unintentionally, the BJP government not only went silent but also played the role of a bystander as their fanatics went on killing the innocents with the sanctuary of the government of that very state.
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