Gandhinagar, Mar 22: Giving a new twist, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who refused to appear before the SIT, today called as a “lie” that the Supreme-court appointed panel had fixed March 21 for questioning him in connection with the 2002 riots.
Breaking his silence on the summons by the Special Investigating Team(SIT), Modi wrote an open letter apparently drafted in consultation with party colleague and legal eagle Arun Jaitley in which he said he will respond to the SIT fully respecting the law and keeping in view the dignity of a body appointed by the Supreme Court.
Jaitley, who met Modi, himself released the “carefully worded” letter of the chief minister to the media calling reports of March 21 for his appearance as entirely incorrect. In another development on Modi’s role during the communal violence, the Gujarat High Court asked the Nanavati Commission, which is probing the riots, to clarify by April 1 whether it has taken a final decision not to summon the chief minister for questioning.

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