SIT clean chit to Modi in Gulbarg Society Massacre

To put it mildly, this is good news for the controversial CM. Though not technically, the declaration by the court about the SIT report will be publicised as a 'clean chit' for Modi.

His already busy spin doctors will get a fresh dose of adrenalin.

Politically, this is a big boost for him as it strengthens his chances for a bigger national role within the BJP or as the much- touted PM candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Significantly, in her petition to the Supreme Court,Zakia Jafri had listed Modi as an accused, along with 61 others, for abetting the crime at Gulbarg Society.He was accused No 1 in her complaint.

SIT's report is only about the allegation of abetting this particular attack on Gulbarg. It does not have any bearing on the larger allegation of a chief minister failing his 'Raj Dharma' (as articulated by then BJP prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee) to control communal violence in the state.

That allegation and debate continues. A 'clean chit' in the Gulbarg massacre case is somehow being made out to fully exonerate him of all responsibilities for the violence which engulfed the state for many months in 2002.