11-16-2007, 05:39 AM
Godhra and Congress-I
Godhra and Congress-II
Godhra and Congress-III
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In Gujarat, Muslim terrorists (enjoying the full political patronage of the Congress Party and its allies), set fire to a railway carriage in which 58 innocent Hindu pilgrims who were travelling by Sabarmati Express were charred to death on that black Wednesday, 27 February, 2002 at 7.45 a.m. at Godhra Station.
The Television Crews reached Godhra on the afternoon of 27 February , 2002 itself.
The Television News Channels showed the pictures through the dayâof the burning of S6 Coach of Sabarmati Express and the dead bodies. On the morning of 28 February, 2002, Godhra was a lead story in all the Indian News Papers including the English Language Papers.
The Ahmedabad Edition of The Times of India devoted its entire front page to the burning alive of 58 pilgrims at Godhra. About two inside pages were also devoted to the incident.
S K Modi, a senior journalist and author, in his brilliant book âGODHRA: The Missing Rageâ has rightly observed: âBut something was missing. The rage was missing. There was no sense of rage in the reports. There was no trace of indignation in the bland description. There was no anger. Nobody was feeling pained or hurt.
Nobody was feeling anguished at such a ghastly incident having taken place. Nobody was furious at the sheer brazenness of the gory massacre. And this applied to the elite of the society as a wholeâbesides the media, no political leader, no social activist, no thinker, no analyst, no think tank displayed a sense of despair. There were no statements of condemnation from any of the senior political leaders.
A two-line statement of condemnation was issued by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi, which was reported in a 1x5 Column centimeter item in inside pages of âThe Times of Indiaâ. Perhaps the letter was signed by someone other than Sonia Gandhi on her behalf. When confronted with the question of her failure to condemn the gory carnage a few days later in the Parliament, she angrily asked: âWho prevented the ruling party from condemning the incident?â
Even after the news of the Godhra massacre had reached New Delhi on 27 February, 2002, in Parliament in New Delhi there was a stubborn silence among the Congress Party Members, even when the Treasury Benches begged the opposition to join in a unanimous condemnation of the event. Islam-embracing, Christianity-coveting, anti-Hindu Sonia Gandhi did not feel the need to call upon the Prime Minister on 27 February, 2002.
According to her, at any rate, on that day, despite Godhra Massacre, our nationâs future was not in any way in any danger.
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Godhra and Congress-II
Godhra and Congress-III
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In Gujarat, Muslim terrorists (enjoying the full political patronage of the Congress Party and its allies), set fire to a railway carriage in which 58 innocent Hindu pilgrims who were travelling by Sabarmati Express were charred to death on that black Wednesday, 27 February, 2002 at 7.45 a.m. at Godhra Station.
The Television Crews reached Godhra on the afternoon of 27 February , 2002 itself.
The Television News Channels showed the pictures through the dayâof the burning of S6 Coach of Sabarmati Express and the dead bodies. On the morning of 28 February, 2002, Godhra was a lead story in all the Indian News Papers including the English Language Papers.
The Ahmedabad Edition of The Times of India devoted its entire front page to the burning alive of 58 pilgrims at Godhra. About two inside pages were also devoted to the incident.
S K Modi, a senior journalist and author, in his brilliant book âGODHRA: The Missing Rageâ has rightly observed: âBut something was missing. The rage was missing. There was no sense of rage in the reports. There was no trace of indignation in the bland description. There was no anger. Nobody was feeling pained or hurt.
Nobody was feeling anguished at such a ghastly incident having taken place. Nobody was furious at the sheer brazenness of the gory massacre. And this applied to the elite of the society as a wholeâbesides the media, no political leader, no social activist, no thinker, no analyst, no think tank displayed a sense of despair. There were no statements of condemnation from any of the senior political leaders.
A two-line statement of condemnation was issued by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi, which was reported in a 1x5 Column centimeter item in inside pages of âThe Times of Indiaâ. Perhaps the letter was signed by someone other than Sonia Gandhi on her behalf. When confronted with the question of her failure to condemn the gory carnage a few days later in the Parliament, she angrily asked: âWho prevented the ruling party from condemning the incident?â
Even after the news of the Godhra massacre had reached New Delhi on 27 February, 2002, in Parliament in New Delhi there was a stubborn silence among the Congress Party Members, even when the Treasury Benches begged the opposition to join in a unanimous condemnation of the event. Islam-embracing, Christianity-coveting, anti-Hindu Sonia Gandhi did not feel the need to call upon the Prime Minister on 27 February, 2002.
According to her, at any rate, on that day, despite Godhra Massacre, our nationâs future was not in any way in any danger.
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