Khurshid questions BJP leaders' claim that Modi got clean chit

Union Minister Salman Khurshid has questioned the claim of BJP leaders that Narendra Modi has been given a "clean chit" by a lower court in 2002 Gujarat riots.
"A magistrate's court has not summoned him.... It is true.... Its like a nursery student getting a good grade and thinking that he has become a doctor and goes around claiming to be a PhD. How can that happen?" Khurshid told reporters yesterday in reply to a question.
He said, "In Gujarat, the incidents that happened when he (Modi) was Chief Minister, around 170 people have been given life imprisonment in connection with that. Maya Kodnani was his minister."

On the controversy over a claim that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange endorsed Modi as "incorruptible", he said, "I don't understand that someone who is so confident, why does he need to go around seeking support to establish his dominance. I am surprised.
"And when there is a rebuttal, they say they don't need a certificate from WikiLeaks."
The whistle-blower website had also disclosed a secret cable by a senior US diplomat eight years ago that described Modi as a "distrustful person" who reigns more by "fear and intimidation".

Reacting to the External Affairs Minister's remarks, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, "What Salman Khurshid is saying needs to be rubbished, is rubbish because he is denigrating the court. What is lower and higher judiciary?

"Court is court and the matter was before the court and the court has given a clean chit. The SIT appointed by the Supreme Court has given a clean chit. Still they want to rake up only 2002 (riots).
"This is what Rahul Gandhi is doing, this is what is echoed by Salman Khurshid and other Congress leaders. This is what is being done by Aam Aadmi Party," he said.