Gujarat BJP Defends Fielding Daughter Of Naroda Patiya Riot Case Convict
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Payal Kukrani (30) an anaesthetist and daughter of Manoj Kukrani, who was one of the 16 convicts in the case related to the 2002 post-Godhra riot in the Naroda Patiya area
Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil on Thursday defended the allotment of party ticket to the daughter of a convict in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case for the next month's Assembly election and said she is a party worker contesting the polls on merit.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Payal Kukrani (30) an anaesthetist and daughter of Manoj Kukrani, who was one of the 16 convicts in the case related to the 2002 post-Godhra riot in the Naroda Patiya area of Ahmedabad district where 97 Muslims were killed.
Payal Kukrani is contesting the polls from the Naroda Assembly constituency.
"As per the court order, he (Manoj Kukrani) was convicted and he completed his jail term. His daughter is herself a doctor and is married. When the incident occurred, she would have been 10-15 years of age," Paatil said.
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