Did Modi resign after Godhra?
SRINAGAR: Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo resigned as according to him, he did not find it morally right to continue as a judicial probe had been ordered into the Kishtwar violence.
“I take strong exception to the BJP’s statements against me. I want to ask them whether (Gujarat Chief Minister) Narendra Modi resigned after the Godhra violence (in 2002). Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones at others,” he said.
A communication from the Raj Bhawan said Governor N.N. Vohra had accepted Kichloo’s resignation.
The BJP has been highly critical of Kichloo’s role in the Kishtwar violence and blamed him for delaying the deployment of the army in the town resulting in large-scale violence and destruction of property by mobs Friday.
The BJP had also set Kichloo’s resignation as a precondition for their participation in the all-party meeting chaired by Omar Abdullah in Jammu.
Kichloo is the sitting member of the ruling National Conference (NC) from Kishtwar constituency in the 87-member state legislative assembly.
Kishtwar is also the home town of Kichloo. He was in his home town Friday when communal clashes broke out there.
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