Agencies
New Delhi, September 01, 2012
New Delhi, September 01, 2012
Former Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt wrote an open
letter to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, questioning the
timing of Modi's Google+ Hangout chat. Bhatt accused Modi of distancing himself
from the Naroda Patiya verdict.
Bhatt also wrote a letter to Maya Kodnani. "How as a woman and a doctor Kodnani could incite the kind of violence in Naroda Patiya," he wrote.
Bhatt also wrote a letter to Maya Kodnani. "How as a woman and a doctor Kodnani could incite the kind of violence in Naroda Patiya," he wrote.
Modi
interacted with netizens online on Google Plus hangout on Friday. However, the
online session was disrupted for a few minutes after the Google server cashed
due to huge traffic.
The
chat was organised on the day when BLP MLA Maya Kodnani and others were handed
out punishments in the Naroda Patiya case. However, no questions were raised
regarding the verdict.
Full
text of Bhatt's letter to Modi:
Dear
Narendra Modi,
You
must have been apprised about the punishment meted out to your loyal
lieutenants Dr. Maya Kodnani and Babu Bajrangi, as well the misguided
foot-soldiers of misconceived Hindutva, who have now been condemned to spend a
life in prison. Was it perchance that you smartly distanced yourself from all
these unfortunate people at an opportune moment?
Have
you spared a thought for the innocent family members of the accused who have
been sentenced to a lifetime behind bars? It is believed that you were once a
married man. At some point in your life, like all normal humans, you might have
been touched by the magic of love, even thought of having children starting a
family, perhaps! Have you even once thought about the plight of the wives and
children of your onetime adulators who have been condemned for life?
Mr.
Modi, have you ever looked at your actual image, stripped of the designer
dresses that you are so enamored with? Have you ever looked at the reflection
of the real face behind the mask? Have you ever introspected about your
true-self concealed behind the meticulous imagery created by your media
managers? Have you even once thought whether it is really worth it to sustain
power, even if it requires sacrificing fellow human beings at the altar of
expediency? Have you ever considered, even once, whether it is alright to
facilitate or connive in the killing of another human being just because he
does not conform to your beliefs? Is it really worthwhile to deceive your own
self... or, is it only a small price to pay for your political ambitions?
I
hope and pray to God that you get the time, wisdom and opportunity to find
honest and truthful answers to some of these questions during this lifetime.
God
bless!
Sanjeev
Bhatt
