Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 3: Taking strong exception to CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat’s statement alleging that Narendra Modi’s regime in Gujarat has been anti-Sikh, Dr Jitendra Singh, national executive member and chief spokesman, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) described the statement as a distortion of facts because the decision to freeze agricultural accounts of Sikh farmers, referred by Karat, is based on a circular issued by the then Congress Government in Gujarat in 1973.
In a statement, Dr Singh said that this controversy has been deliberately raked up in the election season as an attempt to falsely target Narendra Modi by vested interest groups.
He added that the use of the words terrorizing and victimizing in National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Singh’s tour report is irresponsible, malicious, deliberate and politically motivated. His report is not even yet on the NCM website.
Additionally, Brinda Karat of CPI (M) stated that Modi has occupied land of Punjabi farmers in Gujarat. This is also an irresponsible statement, which deliberately distorts facts, he added.
It is useful to understand the factual backdrop and legal issues involved in this issue, he said, adding that as a general rule under land laws that apply to Gujarat, agricultural land cannot be purchased by non-agriculturists.
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