Reaction to Godhra verdict.

After Ayodhya judgment, Godhara judgment has again made few people come out of shell and few others to search for a shelter. It will be discussed for long. It was a turning point in politics of Bharat. It gave rise to post Godhara riot. It certainly gave a support to Mr Modi to retain power in Gujrat. What Gujrat achieved was never in history of Bharat. A group muslims had conspired to kill a group of Ram sevaks, returning from Ayodhya. Now that the verdict is out leaving Dainik Jagaran no other news media house has even attempted to ask a view of the people who suffered. Everyone is concerned about the 63 who had to suffer in the jail for 9 years. What is proved is conspiracy of the crime. Another point which is proved is presence of about 1000 people on the spot of crime. It will be foolish to think that they were accidently there. There were conspirators and there supporters. If it is proved that those 63 were present at the site of carnage then they too are culprits. It is very natural that many people are not included in the central part of conspiracy. Having 31 identified conspirators indicate the magnitude of conspiracy.
What is appalling is focus on Mr Modi. In every English news channel, which I surfed, the accused was Mr Modi and victims were the people who perpetrated this act. I wonder what would have been the reaction of the very channels if the verdicts have gone other way. Congress, Rasthiya Janta Dal, Communist parties along with minor parties who are always in competition to prove themselves and more secular then others, while meaning of secular for them is majority bashing and doling out crump for complaining minority. There were many instances to derail or delay the judgment. POTA was repealed. SIT was constituted and the verdict was stayed multiple times before it came to light.
There was one more fine aspect, which may be overlooked by many. When Godhra and post Godhra had occurred Mr Modi was in line of fire. He was the easiest catch for the opposition. Mr Vajpeyi, then PM wanted to appear moderate and came up with a statement that Mr Modi should follow Rajdharma. These words were picked up by opposition and painted in varied colours to suit their intentions. During those days it was told that given a free chance Vajpeyi would have insisted on replacement of Mr modi but it was Mr Advani who threw weight behind Mr Modi. With a hind sight, Now that the point of Modi is proved apart from the growth which Gujrat has witnessed under leadership of Mr Modi, it would be wise to say that Mr Advani was proved to be right with his perception.
Division of political class over contradictory views is very natural. What is not very natural is permanent division of the media house. Over the time they follow a certain pattern. Most of the daily or weekly newspapers were busy implicating Modi. Bharat will look forward to the verdicts in post Godhara cases. What will be more keenly watched will be reaction to it.