Author: HT Correspondent
Publication: The Hindustan Times
Date: September 30, 2006
Strongly defending his government's decision
not to order a CBI inquiry into Marad riots, former CM A. K. Antony said on
Friday that all political parties, except the BJP, were against a CBI probe
during the communal riots that rocked Marad in 2003 and claimed nine lives.
"It was not my personal decision, it
was taken after consulting all parties including the main Opposition CPM,"
Antony said and cautioned the CPM against politicising the issue. Thomas P
Joseph Commission, which probed the riot, has criticised the then UDF government
for ignoring the demand for a CBI inquiry.
