‘Satyamev Jayate’: BJP hails rejection of Zakia plea

“Notwithstanding the fact that the entire legal process went on for 20 years and the Supreme Court giving a clean chit to Narendrabhai Modi in 2012, the petition was filed to keep the the subject alive. In the process, the entire country has seen to what extent Congress can go for power. We hope this will be the permanent end to the case,” the release added.

At a press conference, general secretary of Gujarat BJP Rajni Patel said, “Anti-Gujarat people, anti-India people and those against Narendrabhai Modi continuously did such activities so that he (Modi) is pushed to the margins and Gujarat’s progress is hindered. They did not spare any opportunity…but, truth always triumph.”

Speaking to reporters in Patna, senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “The verdict proves how a besmirching campaign had been launched against Narendra Modi, who defied odds and served as Gujarat CM for 12 years and has been country’s PM for eight years. Congress not only lost in court of law in its nefarious bid to malign Modi but was also rejected by the people in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections”.

Union minister Anurag Thakur said, “Satyamev Jayate (Truth alone triumphs)! Supreme Court of India gives a clean chit and has dismissed the plea filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SC-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on post-Godhra violence in Gujarat. The Supreme Court says the petition is without merit.”

“Satyamev Jayate” was how another Union minister Smriti Irani put it while party spokesperson Sambit Patra also tweeted the same expression.

BJP secretary Y Satya Kumar claimed that Congress’ last attempt to malign Modi has fallen flat and justice prevailed as he cited the apex court’s observation that Jafri’s appeal was devoid of merits and deserved to be dismissed.

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Bringing the curtains down on the bid to reopen the probe, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said the material collected during the investigation does not “give rise to strong or grave suspicion regarding hatching of larger criminal conspiracy at the highest level” for causing mass violence against Muslims.

The bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar, termed Zakia Jafri’s plea devoid of merit. It spoke of “the devious stratagem to keep the pot boiling, obviously, for ulterior design” and noted that all those involved in “such abuse of process need to be in the dock and proceeded with in accordance with law”.