"Did Not Do Dharna During Gujarat Riots Probe": Amit Shah Jabs Congress

Home Minister Amit Shah said protests cannot be justified against the judicial process. Congress organised a 'Satyagraha' over the Enforcement Directorate's questioning.

Taking a jibe at Congress' 'satyagraha' over ED questioning Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Gujarat Chief Minister, he appeared before the SIT concerning the probe over post-Godhra violence but the BJP did not resort to "drama or dharna" during the questioning.

Mr Shah made the remarks in an interview with ANI after the Supreme Court dismissed the plea challenging the clean chit given by Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and several others in the 2002 riots. The plea was filed by Zakia Jafri.

Referring to his arrest in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, in which he was subsequently acquitted, Mr Shah said no "dharna" was carried out.

"In a democracy, PM Modi presented an ideal example of how the Constitution should be respected by all political persons. Modiji was also questioned, but nobody protested, and (BJP) workers from across the country did not gather in solidarity with Modiji. We cooperated with the law. I was also arrested. There was no protest or demonstration," he said.