AHMEDABAD: The G.T. Nanavati and K.G. Shah judicial commission will consider submitting an interim report on the Godhra train carnage only if there is "consensus" among all parties.

It has conveyed this to Jansangharsha Manch advocate Mukul Sinha, who is representing the 2002 communal riot victims. Dr. Sinha submitted an application raising objections to any move to split the train carnage and post-Godhra riots or submit an interim report.

The Manch said the train carnage and post-Godhra riots were inter-connected and any interim report without inquiring into the role of the Chief Minister and some other Ministers in the train carnage would give "a complete one-sided" version about the events.

Pointing out that Gujarat Assembly elections were due by the year-end, the Manch said an interim report just about the train carnage could once again polarise voters communally.

The Manch also wanted the commission to summon for cross-examination the accused who, the government pleader claimed, had given "confessional statements."

After coming to a tentative conclusion, the panel should issue notices to such accused, if required on grounds of facts and circumstances.

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