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The panel, headed by retired Justice B J Sethna, will assess the total area in square metres occupied by people of different religious faiths as on August 15, 1947, and the patterns of “polarisation of population” and migration every 10 years thereafter.
The survey is expected to identify the areas — their names and sizes — where people of different religions live, or have shifted to.
An important aspect of the commission’s mandate is to give “recommendations and policies as a guidance” for “stopping polarisation of population in the state”.
The commission has been asked to submit its report by January 2011. Assembly elections are due in December 2012.
A copy of the notification is in possession of The
Indian Express.
According to the state legal department, the reason for commissioning the survey is that “allegations have been made in courts as well as in media against the state government that polarisation of population on the basis of religion is taking place in the state of Gujarat” and “such allegations and unscientific conclusions create heart-burning and distance among citizens”.
The notification says that “the Government of Gujarat is of the opinion that the allegations so made are not based on scientific study”.
The government feels that “development of the population as a whole should take place in the context of law and order and social and economic development as well”, and “an inquiry should be held into this matter of definite public importance”.
Justice Sethna refused to comment on the matter. The retired judge had been in the news after he upheld a Vadodara fast track court order acquitting all accused in the Best Bakery case relating to the 2002 riots. The Supreme Court later ordered a fresh trial in the case by a special court in Mumbai.
Gujarat minister of state for law and parliamentary affairs Amit Shah said the study was required in view of the unfounded allegations made against the state BJP government.
“The inquiry will make it clear when, how and under what circumstances minority population shifted from one area to another,” Shah said.
State government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas said the matter was neither “sensitive nor provocative”, but it “will bring to surface the unfounded publicity that is being given without being backed by appropriate facts by certain NGOs and a section of the media”.
“This will also put in correct perspective a long-term change that has taken place in demography, nullifying the temporary bias a solitary incidence-based short term interpretation could bring in”, Vyas said.
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MODI is regarded as butcher of Gujrath.He patronised the most heinous crimes, shameful to the humanity.His men (RSS/VHP/BJP/BAJRANG DAL) OPENLY CONFESSED ON VIDEO THAT NARENDER MODI GAVE THEM 2 DAYS TIME TO CARRY OUT THE NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING RAPE, BUTHERING OF PREGNANT WOMEN, BURNING ALIVE THE HUMANS, DEMOLITIONS LOOTING.The sad part of the Gujrath carnage is that even middel class Gujrathi's were also involved in the riots.The need of the hour is to punish all the culprits.The godhra accused are already in jail for 7 years, how many RSS/BJP/VHP MEN are punished? or Jailed?This is the violation of all democratic and judicial norms of a civilzed society.There are terror camps in Gujrath where VHP/RSS/BJP men undergo trainig for buthering and murdering.The need is to identify such camps.All sensible and civilzed Hindus come out and support the cause of bringing justice to the Gujrath victims.If MODI is let free it will be shame on entire India.
Let this exercise be carried out across the country.
A joke indeed!! wonder how people tolerate these kind of nonsense!!!
All state governments should do this in their respective states then only the truth will come out and the congress party will get exposed for the shit they have done to our country for them to be in power all these years right from Nehru??
Amazing, if the allegations are false and the reports come out before the state elections this is going to be a straight slap on Congress face and then the gujjrat congress can just dream of ruling gujrat
Mr. "Sorry" is not sorry for state of Hindus in Malaysia, Pakistan and in India. It is a very correct decision to quite agents of seculars like Teesta Setlwad, Arundhati....and so on. I never saw Shabana Azmi, Vrinda Karat visiting camps of displaced Kashmiri pandits. We had a saying during our college days for such persons - "The one who open their umbrellas in India when it rains in England". Indians are one, Mr Modi should not unduly worry for sects and religious groups, because first comes Nationality and then religion. Every Indian has freedom to practice his /her religion in Gujarat - am I right Mr. Modi?
Respected Modi, Namaskar.You are always innovative. Except for the riot against Muslim, I always praise your policy. You are a real leader. I hope some day a leader will take birth in the state of Assam and do the same demographic study to give the real picture about what has happenned after 1971. thanks.