In 2012, Modi himself was cleared of complicity in the violence by the SIT; however, BJP MLA Maya Kodnani, who later held a cabinet portfolio in the Modi government, was convicted of having orchestrated one of the riots and sentenced to 28 years imprisonment.
Modi himself was cleared of complicity in the violence by the SIT. This was in 2012. BJP MLA Maya Kodnani was convicted of having orchestrated one of the riots and sentenced to 28 years imprisonment. This was however. BJP MLA Maya Kodnani later held a cabinet portfolio in the Modi government.