the fact that congress leaders were involoved in the 84 sikh riots dosen't absolve modi of his crime. and no congress leader has boasted on a public platform about his role in a riot. you can hold the grouse that a kettle is calling a pot black. all rioters irrespective of party affiliations should be made to beg for mercy in a court of law. the fact that modi was the chief minister of gujarat at the time enhances the gravity of his crime. he who was constitutionally obliged to protect his citizens had lend support to their cold blooded murder.
