2002 Gujarat riots: Eleven persons were killed in communal violence in Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad city on Feb 28, 2002, during a bandh called to protest the Godhra train burning a day before in which 58 passengers, returning from Ayodhya, were killed.
The BJP fielded Payal Kulkarni instead of giving another chance to sitting MLA Balram Thawani. Some BJP workers in the area have expressed unhappiness over her candidature as they believe that she is married to a non-Sindhi and hence is no longer a member of the community.
Former BJP minister Maya Kodnani was one of the key accused in the riot case and was convicted by a special SIT court in August 2012. She was sentenced to 28 years in imprisonment.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused to extend the interim bail of former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani's interim bail.The court had earlier granted interim bail till February 24. The apex court has told her to
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has refused permission to the Supreme Court-appointed SIT to file an appeal in a higher court seeking death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani in the Naroda Patiya riot case.This was
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