Asserting that all riots were condemnable,the BJP Wednesday sought to reject allegations of Narendra Modi governments complicity in the 2002 Gujarat riots despite a local court convicting a former state minister in the Naroda Patiya case. I do not think so, said BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar when asked if the conviction of Maya Kodnani indicated BJPs complicity. The party said it had always deplored riots. Whether it is 1984 anti-Sikh riots,or riots in Maharashtra,Assam or Gujarat,the BJP has always maintained that riots are not only unfortunate and bad but also condemnable beyond doubt. We always condemned riots anywhere, Javadekar said. He,however,refrained from outlining the BJPs view against Kodnani,who was an MLA at the time of the riots and later served as a minister in Modi government.
