{"id":21414,"date":"2023-01-21T10:29:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T10:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=21414"},"modified":"2023-01-21T10:29:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T10:29:37","slug":"modi-directly-responsible-for-2002-gujarat-massacre-of-muslims-says-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2023\/01\/21\/modi-directly-responsible-for-2002-gujarat-massacre-of-muslims-says-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Modi ‘directly responsible for 2002 Gujarat massacre of Muslims, says BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

A BBC documentary titled\u00a0India: The Modi Question\u00a0<\/em>accused Indian\u00a0Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u00a0of being \u201cdirectly responsible for the 2002 massacre of Muslims in the Indian state of Gujarat\u201d.<\/p>\n

Modi was the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat when it was gripped by riots that left more than 1,000 people dead \u2014 most of them Muslims.<\/p>\n

The violence erupted after a train carrying Hindu pilgrims caught fire, killing 59. It resulted in the displacement of hundreds of Muslims and the destruction of hundreds of mosques, stated the documentary.<\/p>\n

Accused of failing to stop the rioting, Modi denied the accusations and was exonerated in 2012 following an inquiry by India\u2019s top court. Another petition questioning his exoneration was dismissed last year.<\/p>\n

The BBC report furthered that \u201cso much damage could not have been inflicted without the climate of impunity created by the state government\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was widespread and systematic rape of Muslim women with the intent to purge Muslims from Hindu areas\u201d stated the report, adding that the \u201csystematic campaign of violence has all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sunak defends Modi<\/strong><\/p>\n

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Modi during Prime Minister\u2019s Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

Pakistani-origin Imran Hussain, member of Parliament for Bradford East, asked the British premier if he agreed with claims in the BBC documentary that some UK Foreign Office diplomats believed that “Modi was directly responsible\u201d for the Gujarat massacre.<\/p>\n

Sunak said that the UK government\u2019s position has been \u201cclear and longstanding, and hasn\u2019t changed\u201d, adding that the UK doesn\u2019t tolerate persecution where it appears anywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure I agree at all with the characterization that the honourable has put forward,\u201d Sunak added.<\/p>\n

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