: SC judgement in Zakia Jafri case was deeply disappointing, says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court’s judgement dismissing a petition by Zakia Jafri in connection with the

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SC judgement in Zakia Jafri case was deeply disappointing, says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court’s judgement dismissing a petition by Zakia Jafri in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots was deeply disappointing, the Congress said on Tuesday.Zakia Jafri, the wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, had challenged the report of a Special Investigation Team that had cleared Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the matter. Ehsan Jafri was among the 69 people who were killed when a mob went on a rampage in Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society on February 28, 2002, setting fire to homes. On June 24, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition, saying that the proceedings were pursued “to keep the pot boiling...for ulterior design�.Jairam Ramesh, the Congress’ general secretary in-charge for communications, said that the party stands by Ehsan Jafri and his family. He said that the judgement leaves several fundamental questions unanswered, such as what is the constitutional and moral responsibility of the chief minister and the state government in a case of communal riots. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat when the riots took place in 2002.“Will the chief minister, Cabinet and state government never be held accountable, even if a State is thrown into a circle of violence and riots

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