Sat, Sep 20, 2003 - Page 5 News List

Charges dropped against Indian deputy PM

RELIGIOUS TENSION In a victory for the ruling party, a court ruled that Lal Krishna Advani will not face charges of inciting a crowd to destroy the mosque in Ayodhya

AP AND REUTERS , LUCKNOW AND NEW DELHI

Critics accuse Modi's BLP of a longstanding bias against India's minority Muslims, charges the party denies.

Gujarat has so far failed to convict anyone for the riots, the country's worst religious violence in a decade, although trials are going on in several courts. Muslims say they have no hope of winning justice in the state.

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