A past that will not pass

The Gujarat High Court lit into the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of “inaction and negligence” resulting in the destruction of over 500 Muslim places of worship during the 2002 post-Godhra pogrom. A day later, came the news that Mr. Modi had been cleared of the charge of abetting the 2002 violence in a final report filed to the magisterial court by the Special Investigation Team.

It is clear that the last word on the question of criminality will not be said for some time. So the CM's camp followers will do well to show some restraint, not least because his administration has come in for repeated censure by courts in the past year.

The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : A past that will not pass: "Whatever the final view taken by the courts on Modi's individual legal culpability for the tragedy of Gujarat, the fact that he remained — at best — a mute spectator to the killing of hundreds of innocent citizens and did nothing to ensure justice for the victims afterwards is a moral and political badge of dishonour that will ensure the higher office his supporters seek for him remains out of reach."