AHMEDABAD: "God is great!" -- tweeted Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday summing up in three words his reaction to theSupreme Court direction in the 2002 Gulburg Society riots case.
The apex court on Monday refused to pass any order on Modi's alleged inaction to contain the state-wide riots triggered by the Godhra train carnage and referred the matter to the concerned magistrate here for a decision.
The reaction of the 60-year-old BJP leader reflected his relief over the order as he was being accused time and again by opposition Congress and activists of culpability in 2002 riots.
Zakia, widow of former Congress MP Eshan Jaffery had filed a complaint in Supreme Court against Modi and 63 others for death of his husband and others in the 2002 Gulburg Society riots case.
Supreme Court had told the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former CBI chief R K Raghavan to look into the complaint of Jaffery. SIT submitted its report in which they had concluded that no direct evidence of involvement of Modi could be found.
BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said the party was happy with the order.
"We are happy with the Supreme Court ruling. We can understand the desperation and unhappiness of Modi-baiters. After this verdict, the hate campaigners against Modi have lost. They can never win," he said, adding the Supreme Court has upheld the "due process of law".
"Justice says one cannot manufacture evidence. Now the SIT will present its case to the lower court which will hear the case," Javadekar said.
The apex court on Monday refused to pass any order on Modi's alleged inaction to contain the state-wide riots triggered by the Godhra train carnage and referred the matter to the concerned magistrate here for a decision.
The reaction of the 60-year-old BJP leader reflected his relief over the order as he was being accused time and again by opposition Congress and activists of culpability in 2002 riots.
Zakia, widow of former Congress MP Eshan Jaffery had filed a complaint in Supreme Court against Modi and 63 others for death of his husband and others in the 2002 Gulburg Society riots case.
Supreme Court had told the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former CBI chief R K Raghavan to look into the complaint of Jaffery. SIT submitted its report in which they had concluded that no direct evidence of involvement of Modi could be found.
BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said the party was happy with the order.
"We are happy with the Supreme Court ruling. We can understand the desperation and unhappiness of Modi-baiters. After this verdict, the hate campaigners against Modi have lost. They can never win," he said, adding the Supreme Court has upheld the "due process of law".
"Justice says one cannot manufacture evidence. Now the SIT will present its case to the lower court which will hear the case," Javadekar said.
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