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Points out that the Sohrabuddin case is sub judice
Accuses BJP of dividing country on communal lines RAJKOT: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday declined to comment on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s remark in the Sohrabuddin case but cautioned that the “law will take its own course” if the allegation against him was proved correct. Talking to mediapersons after addressing election rallies in Surat and Rajkot, Dr. Singh said that since the Sohrabuddin case was sub judice he cannot make comments and create a controversy on the eve of the elections. But he warned that “no one is above law” and no one should subvert the rule of law. It was highly condemnable if reports about Mr. Modi’s remark were correct. To a question about Mr. Modi’s charge that Congress president Sonia Gandhi was responsible for “provoking” him into dwelling on the Sohrabuddin episode, Dr. Singh said it was no justification. Such comment did not suit the stature of a Chief Minister. Dr. Singh gave a similar response to Mr. Modi’s allegation of his government “protecting” terrorists such as the Parliament attack case convict, Afzal Guru. Rule of law prevailed in the country and no action could be taken in a matter sub judice, Dr. Singh said. Dr. Singh also hit back at the BJP for accusing the Congress of being anti-Hindu and said it was a “measure of fear and frustration of uncertain future” faced by the party. Accusing the BJP of dividing the country, he said it was “not a good sign” for any political party to divide the country on communal lines. “The Congress has a history of 120 years, a gift of great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. I think to accuse the Congress of any communal bias is an insult to the memory of our freedom struggle,” he said. “Sign of weakness”“This is a sign of weakness and not a sign of strength,” Dr. Singh said. To a question if the Congress would order a fresh probe into the post-Godhra riots and the fake encounter case, he said: “I can’t comment on these cases as all are at various stages of investigation,” but added, “every effort would be made to restore our people’s confidence in the rule of law.” On next Chief MinisterDr. Singh refused to name the next Chief Minister if the Congress was voted to power in Gujarat, stating that his party maintained the tradition of allowing the elected representatives to exercise the right to elect their leader. “I cannot say who will be the Chief Minister,” he said. He, however, was confident that if the Congress was voted to power people “will have a feeling that the government belongs to them and that the government is there to protect their rights and liberties of each section of our community regardless of their political affiliation and religious affinity.”
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