Social activist Teesta Setalvad has been in the news ever since the Gujarat riots of '02 with her emphasizing the point that the then chief minister, Narendra Modi, had to be brought to book for his complicity. That the case has gone on for so many years, with more than enthusiastic moral support from the Congress along with other parties and has not been able to prove anything against the man is a different matter altogether! As a layman, my only question to her is as to why has she not brought out the evidence that would nail the man and clear the case once for all.
It's this inordinate delay that raises doubts about her sincerity to bring about an early closure of the case while having the guilty punished. Or was it all a ploy to keep Narendra Modi down as his political opponents felt that he was a formidable adversary? If that's affirmative who're the players behind the scene, making her play out this pantomime?
The latest charge against her is that she and her husband have misappropriated donations meant for the riot victims.
To evade arrest by the Gujarat Police, she and her husband had gone underground. They'd given the slip to the police. And here's my doubt on the episode, "If she was squeaky clean on the issue, why did she take the furtive step of giving the slip to the law?" Since she's a highly respectable figure and is known to almost everyone in the country by virtue of her relentless crusade, the Gujarat Police wouldn't have dared to do anything wrong while she was in custody.
Or was she scared that whatever she'd tell the police during the interrogations would have blown the lid off her story thus far?
Tailpiece.
If one's on the side of the truth, nothing can affect him or her despite extremely inimical conditions because the truth will out, ultimately. That's the cosmic truth!
It's this inordinate delay that raises doubts about her sincerity to bring about an early closure of the case while having the guilty punished. Or was it all a ploy to keep Narendra Modi down as his political opponents felt that he was a formidable adversary? If that's affirmative who're the players behind the scene, making her play out this pantomime?
The latest charge against her is that she and her husband have misappropriated donations meant for the riot victims.
To evade arrest by the Gujarat Police, she and her husband had gone underground. They'd given the slip to the police. And here's my doubt on the episode, "If she was squeaky clean on the issue, why did she take the furtive step of giving the slip to the law?" Since she's a highly respectable figure and is known to almost everyone in the country by virtue of her relentless crusade, the Gujarat Police wouldn't have dared to do anything wrong while she was in custody.
Or was she scared that whatever she'd tell the police during the interrogations would have blown the lid off her story thus far?
Tailpiece.
If one's on the side of the truth, nothing can affect him or her despite extremely inimical conditions because the truth will out, ultimately. That's the cosmic truth!
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