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Modi does not have to apologise for 2002: Jaitley
Fp Archives • 11 years agoSenior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today ruled out an apology from Narendra Modi on the 2002 riots, saying he does not have to do it to satisfy a "fake campaign" against him.
Why just MJ Akbar? His critics should explain their obstinacy too
Jagannathan • 11 years agoIt is good that journalists and politicians who change their stands are queried why. But is it a great virtue if you never change your stand, come what may?
Modi not guilty for Gujarat 2002: MJ Akbar's u-turn on Gujarat CM
Fppolitics • 11 years agoIn a column on The Economic Times today, MJ Akbar provides an explanation to why he joined BJP. The answer is not too difficult to guess: it is because of Narendra Modi.
Modi's pain on the Gujarat riots is for sympathy in 2014: Sibal
Fp Archives • 11 years agoModi’s riots baggage will remain. Had he been shaken to the core, the core would have reacted in time, not a belated reaction just before the Lok Sabha elections.
Gujarat riots: Why Modi's near-apology won't silence critics
Jagannathan • 11 years agoNarendra Modi came close to making an apology over 2002, but for his critics nothing he does will ever be enough.
Gulbarg verdict: For Modi, no clean chit will be seen as clean
Jagannathan • 11 years agoFor Narendra Modi's diehard opponents, no verdict other than his conviction is equivalent to justice. A court today accepted the SIT closure report in the Gulbarg Society case as final, but his opponents will continue their crusade till the cows come home
Time for real liberals: Why Kejriwal should take up 1984
Hartosh Singh Bal • 11 years agoAAP must set itself up as a liberal force devoid of any baggage. Ensuring justice for the violence of 1984 in well thought out fashion is one way. Justice for 2002 will follow.
Decoding the Modi Q&A: Where he goofed, where he didn't
Jagannathan • 12 years agoDecoding the Modi Q&A with Reuters throws up some pointers on where he is not at his best. His spin doctors have a lot of work to do on his rough edges
Why we love to hate Modi: We can hang our guilt on him
Jagannathan • 13 years agoHe is a smart politician who used 2002 to build his power base and then tried to do some good with that power and reinvent himself as a development man.
Gujarat 2002: Shall we go easy on the 'G' word please?
Jagannathan • 13 years agoWe tend to use the word "genocide" too easily to describe what happened in Gujarat in 2002. We should understand what the word means.