Girl should come forward, not her father: Salman Khurshid

26 Nov 2013 Evaluate

Casting aspersions on an inquiry ordered by the Gujarat government, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that the woman in the snooping row must give her version. Khurshid questioned why everyone else other than the girl is speaking on her behalf and asked the girl to come forward and affirm that she wanted to stay under surveillance by her own consent.

Khurshid also suggested that the Gujarat government's decision to set up a commission of inquiry to probe allegations that the woman was kept under watch could be aimed at foiling any other investigation. Congress leader said that So many inquiries have been going on in Gujarat since (the) 2002 (communal violence), but they haven't got much satisfaction from that.

The Gujarat government Monday announced an inquiry, headed by a retired woman judge, to probe allegations that the woman, said to be an architect, was stalked by the state police in 2009. The issue has escalated into a political row, with critics asking Chief Minister Narendra Modi to answer charges if he ordered police to keep the woman under surveillance.

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