Danse Macabre The India Today

 

... Justice B.N. Srikrishna ... has pointed fingers at, among others, Bal Thackeray and an allegedly prejudiced city police. It is nobody's case that the report must please all people ... The Shiv Sena-led regime's reaction has been little short of hysterical - and illogical. It has been most selective in its acceptance of the report. When Srikrishna blames the "effete" Congress government of the day, the Sena gleefully concurs. When Srikrishna trains his guns on Thackeray, he becomes "anti- Maharashtra ... and anti-Hindu" ... The original sin is the politicisation of all commissions of inquiry ... The UF was similarly to blame when it called the Jain report "anti-Tamil" ... The Sena and its rivals are exchanging invectives over one individual. The .. issue is dispensing punishment where it is due and enhancing civic security in India's richest metropolis. The Mumbai riots were not just another law and order problem. They were a national shame. As such ... the Union Home Ministry (should) supervise ... follow-up action itself.






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