Recently, India’s most well-known film script-writer Salim Khan (actor Salman Khan’s father) has said to a senior journalist in an interview: “Does anyone remember who the chief minister of Maharashtra was during the Mumbai riots which were no less deadly than the Gujarat riots of 2002?
“Does anyone recall the name of the chief minister of UP during Malliana and Meerut riots or that of the Bihar CM when the Bhagalpur or Jamshedpur riots under Congress regimes took place?
“Do we hear names of earlier chief ministers of Gujarat under whose charge, hundreds of riots took place in post-Independence India?
“Does anyone remember who was in-charge of Delhi’s security when the 1984 massacre of Sikhs took place in the capital of India?
“How come Narendra Modi has been singled out as the Devil Incarnate as if he personally carried out all the killings during the riots of 2002?”
No speck of doubt about what Salim Khan has said.
When one says …
When one says Gujarat’s agriculture growth is 10-11% since whole last decade, the other says 2002 riots!
When one says Narendra Modi made the Asia’s biggest solar plant, the other says 2002 riots!
When one says Gujarat is the only state in the whole of India to provide 24/7 and 365 days electricity to almost all of its 18,000 villages, the other says 2002 riots!
When one says World Bank’s statement of 2011 said, Gujarat roads are equivalent to international standards, the other says 2002 riots!
When one says Gujarat is the first state in country to have high-speed wireless broadband service in all it’s 18,000 villages, the other says 2002 riots!
When one says Forbes Magazine rated Ahmedabad as the fastest growing city in India and 3rd in the world, the other says 2002 riots!
When one says Gujarat tourism is growing faster than ever before, the other says 2002 riots!
When one says according to central govt’s Labour Bureau’s report, Gujarat has the lowest unemployment rate in country, the other says 2002 riots!
When Narendra Modi is being chosen as the best current Indian leader in almost all surveys and polls again and again, the other says 2002 riots!
When one says 2003-2013 are the only 10 straight years in Gujarat history which are totally riot-free, the other STILL says 2002 riots!
But when we remind them about riots which occurred during Congress and in Communist Party rule:
- 1947 Bengal
- 1964 Rourkela
- 1967 Ranchi
- 1969 Ahmedabad
- 1970 Bhiwandi
- 1979 Jamshedpur
- 1980 Moradabad
- 1983 Nellie Assam
- 1984 Anti-Sikh Delhi
- 1984 Bhiwandi
- 1985 Gujarat
- 1986 Ahmedabad
- 1987 Meerut
- 1989 Bhagalpur
- 1990 Hyderabad
- 1992 Mumbai
- 1992 Aligarh
- 1992 Surat
They become totally deaf—because they have no answer.
The youth of India says: We are not interested in 2002! We are interested in 2022! – Youth of India, 13 August 2013
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