Hartosh Singh Bal: Ten questions that Arnab Goswami should have asked Narendra Modi but didn't

by Guest Fri May 09, 2014 11:11 am

http://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/ten-questions-modi

Question 1. Mr Modi, while it is true that no court has convicted you for the 2002 violence, it is also true that no chief minister has been ever indicted in such a case since Independence. That can be no answer to some inconvenient facts. In the post-Godhra violence, 697 Muslims and 177 Hindus were killed, and in addition, another 170 people were killed in police firing. The numbers clearly suggest that, on the streets, Hindu mobs outnumbered any Muslims indulging in violence. Yet, of the 170 killed in police firing, 93 were Muslims. How did your police manage this incredible feat of selective killing?

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besides the official figures of the dead, many people have been declared 'missing' by the Gujarat govt. the unofficial death toll stands at between 2,000-3,000.

by Guest Fri May 09, 2014 11:13 am

Question 5. Your party manifesto claims that India is the natural home of all Hindus anywhere in the world. When asked about this, you say that Hinduism is not a religion, but is a way of life, and that this includes several other denominations. As an Indian citizen, I do not consider this way of life to be my way of life. Does that mean India is not my natural home?

Question 6. Can you get your own allies, the Akali Dal, to endorse your view that Sikhs actually follow a Hindu way of life? If you can’t even do so with the Akalis without provoking a virulent backlash, how do you expect Muslims and Christians, who have far more cause for apprehension, to not feel threatened by your exclusionary claims?

Hartosh Singh Bal: Ten questions that Arnab Goswami should have asked Narendra Modi but didn't

Hartosh Singh Bal: Ten questions that Arnab Goswami should have asked Narendra Modi but didn't

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