I spoke about going by known facts rather than political loyalties and emotions . You are once again demonstrating the latter . I , like Rana Ayyubhardly someone with loyalty and faith in Modi , do not feel that Modi was the one who ordered the riots because there is no known evidence that the spontaneous riots that broke all over the state were as per his orders , nor does it seem likely . They are likely to have happened regardless after Godhra , though another CM may have handled them better . My advice If you despise Modi and feel compelled to support the Congress owing to 2002 it ' s your every right and I support that , but you can be honest about it no one will attack you for it . It does not mean you have an obligation to make unconvincing excuses for their own failings that you yourself don ' t seem to believe .