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Nitish Kumar defends himself on Gujarat riots
Tuesday April 16, 2013 07:14:01 PM,
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Patna:
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday defended himself against
allegations by the BJP, which blamed him for the 2002 Gujarat
riots, by saying that a railway minister was responsible for the
safety of trains, not for law and order.
"I was railway minister then (in 2002) and my responsibility was
the safety of trains, not to maintain law and order. It was the
state government's responsibility," Kumar said here a day after
BJP leaders blamed him for the Godhra riots after he targeted
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi without naming him.
Kumar has been repeatedly targeted by his arch rival Rashtriya
Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for not ordering a probe
into the burning of a train at Godhra in which over 50 people
died.
The incident led to widespread riots in Gujarat in 2002.
"I gave detailed information in parliament (on the burning of the
train) after some MPs, including Lalu Prasad, raised the issue,"
Kumar said.
Kumar downplayed Lalu Yadav's question about why he did not quit
as railway minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government after
the Gujarat riots.
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