‘Tsunami of misinformation by BJP to save Modi, Shah’

Hitting back, the Congress on Sunday brought Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in the line of fire on the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter issue alleging that the “tsunami of misinformation” was being spread to “save their skin” in the case.

“Simple truth is that this web of deceit and deception is being woven by government and certain sections of media to save the skin of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah”, senior party leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge and Anand Sharma, told reporters here.

Addressing a joint press conference, party leaders Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Singhvi and Shaktisinh Gohil released copy of a four-page statement of a Gujarat police officer D.H. Goswami before a Magistrate which speaks about “kali dadhi” (black beard) and “safed dadhi” (white beard).

Mr Sibal claimed Mr Goswami had quoted the then senior Gujarat IPS officer D.G. Vanzara as saying ahead of the encounter that he had already got the “green signal from Black Beard and White Beard”. While Mr Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat that time, Mr Shah was the minister of state for home.

They claimed that the “harsh reality” in the backdrop of Goswami’s statement is that the “fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three other accomplices was ordered by the then CM and present Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the then MoS, Gujarat Amit Shah”

“In case, Ishrat Jahan trial was to proceed, it is inevitable that PM and BJP president would be summoned as an accused”, they said in a joint statement.

“Black-hearted conspiracy behind lies, half truth and smoke screen being put up by the BJP government to divert attention of Nation in ‘Ishrat Jahan case’ stands unearthed”, they alleged on the eve of the Parliament session.

Mr Sibal said this is why the last three months has seen a “tsunami of misinformation”.