Gujarat Riots: “Sonia Gandhi Architect of Entire Conspiracy”, BJP’s Scathing Attack on Congress Chief
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 16th July. The BJP launched a scathing attack on Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday over the Special Investigating Team (SIT) affidavit in the 2002 Gujarat riots case, alleging that she was the “architect of the entire conspiracy” and had attempted to “malign” the state’s name through her political advisor late Ahmed Patel.
According to the SIT’s evidence filed in Gujarat’s sessions court, Teesta Setalvad and others conspired to disrupt the Gujarat government at Ahmed Patel’s behest.
“The affidavit has brought out the truth about who was driving these plots – Ahmed Patel,” said party spokesperson Sambit Patra during a news conference.
Patra added, “Ahmed Patel is just a name, the driving force was his boss Sonia Gandhi. Through her Chief Political Advisor Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhi attempted to malign Gujarat’s image. Through him, she attempted to insult Narendra Modi and she was the architect of this entire conspiracy.”
Patra slammed social activist Teesta Setalvad, whose name was included in the SIT affidavit that she had multiple meetings with Patel where they received Rs 5 lakhs for the first time and Rs 25 lakhs within two days, claiming that she was working for political reasons.
“The first political objective of Teesta Setalvad was to destabilize the publicly elected Narendra Modi government in Gujarat. The second objective was to frame innocent people including the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The affidavit says that this conspiracy was to malign the image of Gujarat,” he said.
“What Teesta Setalvad was doing, Sonia Gandhi was impressed with it and awarded her with Padma Shree in 2007. Teesta was a member of the national advisory council of Sonia Gandhi,” the BJP leader said.
Patra stated that they do not want answers from Jairam Ramesh, who made a statement rejecting the SIT’s claims and blasting the Centre for the “mischievous” charges levelled against late Ahmed Patel.
“How should the BJP government be dismissed in Gujarat, how to destabilize it, how to play politics with Gujarat riots, there is only one person behind all this, Sonia Gandhi. Today we are wanting answers from none other than Sonia Gandhi, not Jairam Ramesh. With a clear conscience, we beseech Sonia Gandhi to hold a press conference and address the nation as to why she was conspiring against Narendra Modi,” Patra said.
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