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Twitter Thread on Justice Gautam Patel's quotes which appeared in @TeestaSetalvad's magazine Communalism Combat in Feb-March 2012, regarding 2002 riots in Gujarat under @narendramodi: "Based as we are in Bombay, at this distance from what transpired in Gujarat, in the initial....
@TeestaSetalvad @narendramodi ..days following the riots in 2002, we were at sea about what we could do and how we could contribute towards seeking justice for the victims of the events. @TeestaSetalvad and others called a series of meetings at that point to explain clearly what the on-ground reality of......
@TeestaSetalvad @narendramodi Gujarat was and how, as concerned citizens, we could help make a difference. The other avenue where specialised help was required, of course was that of legal work."
@TeestaSetalvad @narendramodi "With respect to this second proposition, a number of us have been helping out as best we could and I've appeared for R.B. Sreekumar (former Gujarat director general of police) before the Central Administrative Tribunal. This man has been hounded for standing his ground against..
@TeestaSetalvad @narendramodi ...the government and the threats/pressure he's been living under is astounding. Luckily, we got a good bench who weren't easily swayed. They weren't pressurised (or if they were, they withstood it really well) and justice was done."
