Tales Of Courage & Capitulation In A Lawless Fiefdom !
BY R.K.MISRA Seventeen years after the incident and six months after the apex court ordered relief for the victim, the BJP government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat figured in a callous disregard for compliance. Successive BJP governments in Gujarat have dragged their feet, particularly in matters relating to the minority community, even when the highest court of the land has unequivocally ruled it’s mind. This was once again brought into sharp focus on September 30,2019 when the Supreme Court directed the Gujarat government to implement within two weeks an order which it had given almost six months ago in the case of Bilkis Bano, a gangrape victim of the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. On April 23,2019, a bench headed by Chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising judges Deepak Gupta and Sanjeev Khanna had ordered the Gujarat government to pay Rs 50 lakhs as payment to Bilkis Bano, provide government job and adequate accommodation. Five m