Jafri kin,Cong leader urge CJI not to share dais with Modi

Ahsan Jafri’s daughter Nishrin Hussain,speaking to The Sunday Express from her San Francisco home,said,“We believe,under these circumstances it would neither serve the purpose of justice nor help impartial investigations into Modi’s role in the events he is currently accused of. And in that sense,it would be an insult to the victims of Gujarat pogrom if the association of the Chief Justices with Modi projects a picture of Modi as a person too powerful to touch.”

The slain MP’s elder son Zuber Jafri,also in the US and one of the signatories to the petition with his sister and brother-in-law,said,“This (objection) is to make Modi aware that people are watching.”

In Delhi,Vakharia while speaking at ‘National Convention on Law,Justice & the Common Man’ organised by the AICC’s Legal & Human Rights Department,said,“The Supreme Court has appointed SIT to investigate some riot cases. If a Chief Minister or a high authority is going to be investigated by SIT,it is not proper for the Chief Justice of India to share platform with him. I will request to the Chief Justice of India not to attend the function.”

“SC has appointed SIT to investigate the role of Chief Minister,in that context the sharing of the platform by the Chief Justice with the Chief Minister who is under investigation by SIT will send a wrong message. Propriety demands that when the matters are pending before SC,the Chief Justice should not share platform with him,” he added.

Vakharia was sharing the dais with Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy,Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit,Attorney General G E Vahanvati,chairman of the AICC Legal & Human Rights Department and party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi and Union Minister Harish Rawat,among others.

The Congress later sought to distance itself from Vakharia’s remarks. Asked about it,Singhvi said,“This is the view of one of the speakers. It does not mean that the party either automatically adopts the view or automatically rejects the view. The party has no view on the matter.”

Meanwhile Bimal Patel,the director of GNLU,said,“We are not aware of such a petition. We have invited both the Chief Justice and the Chief Minister for purely academic function so that they can bless its sanctity.”