Gujarat Election 2022: The doctor's daughter of the man held guilty for the Naroda Patiya massacre has been given the ticket for the assembly elections in Gujarat.

The youngest daughter of the convict, named Dr. Payal Kukrani, 30, an anaesthetic, has been given ticket for the Naroda seat in Ahmedabad city.

Facts say that she is one of the daughters of convicts of the Naroda Patiya, who has been sentenced to death by the court. She has been given the seat in the same place where his father was accused of a great massacre.

Naroda Patiya Case 

During the 2002 riots in Gujarat, after the Godhra train incident on 27th February, a mob of 5000 Hindus went wild and started to attack the Muslim community in Gujarat. This mob was part of the Bajrang Dal, a wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad.

The massacre took place during the Bandh (Strike) in Gujarat after the Godhra incident.

This incident continued for 10 hours and during this, the mob looted, stabbed, sexually assaulted, gang-raped, and burnt people individually and in groups.

After the conflict, a curfew was imposed in the state and army troops were called in to contain further violence.

Response of public in Ahmedabad 

This decision of the BJP has triggered the supporters of Balram Thawani, the outgoing MLA of Kuber Nagar. People started to revolt against this decision by closing shops and establishments in the city.

Talking about Payal, she is a doctor in a civil hospital who lives in Kuber Nagar and is married to a man outside the Sindhi community. Her mother, Reshma Kukrani, is a BJP councillor for the Kuber Nagar ward.

This is the third time when a doctor has been in charge of the Naroda seat. Former minister Maya Kodnani and Nirmala Wadhwani were also doctors.