I am 99% sure that the incident at Godhra was the result of a tussle between the un-licensed vendors (who happened to be muslims) and passengers of S-6 Compartment. Most probably the vendors were not even aware that the passengers of S-6 were Kar Sevaks returning from Ayodhya.
Though I am entitled to Air or AC train travel, I have to travel by unrreserved trains also at times. I have seen the arrogance of unlicensed vendors in the Western Railway trains.
This incident was really very cruel and the mob-reaction to the same was even more tragic. Once the mob takes over, it takes time for the administration to control the same. As an impartial observer, I feel that the way in which the riot was handled by Mr. Modi was much better than what was done by the Congress Govts (Mumbai riots of 1993 and Anti-sikh riots of 1984).
The vested interests will not allow the complete truth to come out. Enquiry commissions are a big joke in our country. The most meticulously conducted enquiry was the one by the late Justice B. Lentin into the the JJ Hospital tragedy (spurious drugs case). Even in that the culprits were not punished. Then what can we expected from the present commissions, more interested in the perks which comes along with their position?
