Put Modi on Trial in a Public Court
By Dr Aslam Abdullah
Las Vegas, CA
Non-conviction does not necessarily mean innocence of the accused. A court decides on the basis of hard evidence and if there is no sufficient evidence, the court has every right to give a no-conviction verdict. But the absence of evidence does not mean that the crimes were not committed and the accused was not involved in those crimes.
Evidence can be tempered, witnesses can be intimidated, tactics can be used to discredit the victim, and judges can be influenced.
In a Gujarat court, the state chief minister was recently given a no-conviction verdict because the court did not accept the evidence submitted by the victim regarding the murder of her husband by a mob in the presence of an active state police.
Modi, commenting on the verdic, used an old Sanskrit proverb meaning “truth ultimately prevails” and justified his innocence claiming that since the Gujarat genocide in 2002 he had been living in pain and agony.
Only a narcissist and psychopath is capable of making such a statement and once again the prime ministerial candidate of India has proved beyond any shadow of doubt that he belongs to a class of leaders who do not care about justice, truth or peace to achieve their political ambitions and objectives.
The genocide committed against the Muslims of Gujarat was a premeditated and well-planned event. A political party, the Bhartiya Janata Party, (BJP) with an ideology of hate against Muslims is in power in Gujarat. It has the backing of a non-political organization, the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh, (RSS) that believes that India is only for Hindus (mainly upper castes). It believes in the establishment of Ram Rajiya, which in simple English, means a system of government where power would belong to those who are of higher castes. It promotes the idea of profanity of those who are not part of the Hindu caste system. It views the Muslim presence as desecration of Mother India. It labels Muslims as enemies of the state and defines Islam as a violent faith.
During his rule as Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat, the BJP succeeded in promoting the RSS volunteers in all private and public sector positions. Thus. from judges to peons and from district collectors to constables, the party succeeded in securing its presence in all crucial positions. There were few who did not tow the party line and they were intimidated into silence.
The court verdict should not disappoint the victims. It should only strengthen their resolve to fight an evil that would go to any length in securing its interests.
If the judiciary in Gujarat is insensitive to the demands of justice then people should act in solidarity with the victims. Let those who believe in the supremacy of justice and truth put Modi on trial in a public court constituted by the people and let all the evidence be presented to solicit a fair judgment. This is the only way that truth would be allowed to prevail.
If the judiciary and bureaucracy refuse to uphold the truth, people in a democracy are entitled to act on their own in a peaceful manner. The judgment of a public court would have far reaching consequences than the judgment of a judicial court. The public court may not have the political authority to execute its decision, but it would have the moral authority to prove that truth ultimately prevails.
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