Shades of saffron

Excerpts from an article by S R Ramanujan about the "secular media" from The Hoot:

No one can hold brief for Modi for what happened in 2002. But does it mean that he and his state can be condemned for ever? If we extend this logic, the late Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao should have been hounded out of politics after 1984 massacre. Indira Gandhi should not have been allowed to be in public life for the atrocities she committed against the people of this country during the Emergency suspending all their fundamental rights.

The people of the state are happy with him and this was reflected in the recently held Panchayat polls. The results of the poll were an endorsement of his clean administration as well. MJ Akbar is the last person to become a Modi acolyte. Even he had the honesty to admit that Modi was one of the ablest chief ministers in the country.

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