Chandigarh:The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today welcomed the verdict of the Gujarat  High Court upholding the clean chit given to the Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Naridner Modi in the 2002 communal violence in that state.  

The court rejected a petition in this regard filed by Zakia Zafri and upheld  the closure report of the  Special Investigation Team (SIT)   appointed by the Supreme Court which said that there was no prosecution evidence against Mr. Modi.

"The Congress had always worked against the letter and spirit of the law, vitiated the political climate through acts of political immorality and set new standards in lowly conduct in public affairs. On the issue of the Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Narendera Modi, the Congress had violated the repeated findings of the different bodies and institutions, including the apex court.

This is hardly surprising as the Congress had at the same time been unashamedly shielding the guilty of the 1984 massacre of thousands of innocent Sikhs. The hands of the Congress party still carry the blood of innocents," said Mr. Badal in a statement here. "The verdict of the Gujarat High Court should be seen as a strong moral rebuff to the negative and destructive politics indulged in by the Congress," said the Chief Minister.