Riots: VHP men represent govt

When the Gujarat government appointed district public prosecutors PP three months ago, it chose VHP secretary general Dilip Trivedi for the Mehsana district court. Trivedi, also the parishad spokesman, will now present riot cases on behalf of the state government and police, both of which came under a cloud during the post-Godhra violence.

So representing the prosecution in the Sardarpura massacre case and the killing of three persons in Unjha will be an activist of the Sangh, blamed for much of the post-Godhra violence. But Trivedi is convinced that he would be able to do justice to both roles.

8216;8216;I don8217;t think my position in the VHP will come in way of my executing duties as a PP. When I am working to carry forward the mission of my organisation, I am performing my role as general secretary. But when I present a case on behalf of the state, I perform my duty as a PP,8217;8217; he said.