Somewhere in Gujarat....

With perhaps an eye on the 2014 polls, the government of BJP’s PM hopeful Narendra Modi told the Supreme Court that it would draw up a plan by October 1 to pay for the damage caused to mosques in Gujarat in the 2002 riots. The U-turn came after the state had for over 10 years refused to own up any responsibility for the repairs to the shrines despite strong words from the Gujarat HC. The petitioner in the case, the Islamic Relief Committee-Gujarat, dubbed the move a bid to remove the taint on the Modi government.