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Vaghela demands narco test on ModiRajkot, Jul 26, 2009 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- Former Union Textile minister Shankersinh Vaghela on Sunday demanded that Narco Analysis test be conducted on Chief Minister of India?s western state of Gujarat Narendra Modi in connection with 2002 post-Godhra riots. ?To find out the truth, Narco Analysis test should be conducted on Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers and state government officials for failure to control 2002 riots,? Vaghela told reporters here. ?The BJP government in the state was adapting double-face policy by saying different things to Special Investigation Team (SIT) and Nanavati Commission probing post-Godhra riots,? he said. Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed on orders of Supreme Court of India to conduct investigation in some of the post-Godhra riots cases while Nanavati Commission was set up by Modi-led BJP government, Vaghela said, adding that Modi is ready to co-operate with Nanavati commission but has objection on probe by the SIT. Besides, the SIT should make case on the basis of the entries in diaries of two Indian Police Services (IPS) officials S Sreekumar and Rahul Sharma who have disclosed truth in them, Vaghela said. Vaghela, who lost recent Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) elections to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?s Prabhatsinh Chauhan from Panchmahal constituency, has also challenged the poll results in Gujarat High Court. Vaghela also slammed Modi government on failure of implementing prohibition law in the state. ?If the prohibition law is existing in Gujarat then state government should ensure its strict implementation. It exists on papers only as of now,? he said. ?The state government should either implement the prohibition law strictly or if they want to relax the law then they should seek people?s mandate during election,? he said. Reacting on the state government?s demand of death penalty to bootleggers in the wake of Ahmedabad hooch tragedy that claimed more than 130 lives, Vaghela said, ?It is the responsibility of the Home department and if state government?s demand of death penalty is approved then state home minister, who is responsible for the tragedy, should be punished first.? |