Best Bakery: Now NCM writes to Modi

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Friday sent a letter to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi asking him to appoint senior lawyers to appeal against the acquittals in the Best Bakery case. ‘‘We have asked Gujarat government to ensure that there is no discrimination on part of the prosecuting agencies probing Godhra and the riots,’’ NCM chairman Tarlochan Singh said. The NCM has also sought a meeting with the Chief Justice of India as well as Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley to press for an appeal against the acquittals.

The letter was sent by the Commission following an emergency meeting after the NHRC sent a similar letter to the Modi government asking it to appeal against the acquittals. The Commission has asked the state to engage senior lawyers and has ‘‘desired the state give equal importance to criminal cases lodged after the riots’’. As per Singh, ‘‘there should not be any disparity in the cases on account of the Godhra carnage and other incidents which happened in other parts of the state.’’