Shielding Shah

Shahs reflex action was to duck and hide the home minister of Gujarat cowering in the face of scrutiny speaks volumes. However,it didnt take Narendra Modi and BJP long to aggressively repudiate the CBIs findings. The CBI was being strung along by the Congress,it was simple political rivalry and an attempt to put obstacles in development work in Gujarat by a government that had failed in Islamabad,in Srinagar,and with the Maoists,claimed Modi. While the CBI admittedly has a less-than-stellar record in terms of political manipulability,it is an entirely different and dangerous thing to shield possible criminality by reducing all pursuit of justice to a question of politics. If they are so confident in Shahs innocence,why would they block the investigations,given that the Supreme Court will vet the CBIs findings? Instead of cutting loose from Amit Shah,the BJP has chosen to brazen it out,and cast the entire investigative and legal process as a sham. If,in the face of all evidence,it uses the Sohrabuddin murder to polarise the political climate,that is a deeply distressing statement on a party that is supposed to responsibly shape national discourse.