Again, Modi is said to have gone to the site of the Naroda Patiya massacre and acknowledged the efforts of the Chhara tribe who were key participants in the carnage there. The fact is Narendra Modi did not visit Naroda Patiya at that time!
In order to play up the horror of some of the ghastly deeds of those post-Godhra riots, Aaj Tak mixed the Tehelka tapes with clips from the movie Parzania that told a story around those riots.
Sadly, there is such fear in our institutions of these %u201Csecular exposes%u201D that they will promptly jump into them, lies and all. Thus, the Nanavati Commission probing the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat quickly announced that it would examine the footage of Tehelka%u2019s latest %u201Csting%u201D. Not to be outdone, the National Human Rights Commission announced that the CBI should investigate the tapes and, if needed thereafter, take necessary action.
All this because, unlike in the US and Europe where there are codes and regulations governing %u201Csting%u201D operations, our country has no statute or rule of any kind to control them. With our Supreme Court giving the widest possible latitude to %u201Cfreedom of expression%u201D under Article 19(1)(a), the state cannot impose any prior restraint on the freedom of the press on the grounds that the publication concerned would offend the privacy of any individual. No remedy will lie before publication.
That is why, in the Operation West End alleging corruption in defence procurements, while leading lawyers and journalist
