▁Minister ▁of ▁a ▁state ▁participated ▁in ▁commun al ▁violence ▁is ▁a ▁matter ▁that ▁the ▁public ▁must ▁know ▁about , ▁but ▁I ▁can ▁see ▁no ▁way ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁would ▁have ▁come ▁out ▁had ▁K het an ▁not ▁bent ▁the ▁rules ." ▁ ▁Part isan ▁criticism ▁The ▁st ing ▁operation ▁led ▁to ▁part isan ▁criticism , ▁both ▁from ▁B har ati ya ▁Jan ata ▁Party , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Congress . ▁Political ▁activ ist ▁A rund h ati ▁Roy ▁described ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁crit iques : ▁" The ▁over wh el ming ▁public ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁st ing ▁was ▁not ▁out rage , ▁but ▁susp icion ▁about ▁its ▁timing . ▁Most ▁people ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁expos é ▁would ▁help ▁Mod i ▁win ▁the ▁elections ▁again . ▁Some ▁even ▁believed , ▁quite ▁out land ish ly , ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁engine ered ▁the ▁st ing . ▁He ▁did ▁win ▁the ▁elections ." ▁ ▁Anti - B J P ▁bias ▁alleg ations ▁Indian ▁journalist ▁and ▁Member ▁of ▁Parliament ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁B har ati ya ▁Jan ata ▁Party , ▁Ch and an ▁Mit ra , ▁described ▁the ▁timing ▁of ▁the ▁report ' s ▁release ▁as ▁being ▁" so ▁trans par ently ▁p eg ged ▁to ▁the ▁Gu jar at ▁assembly ▁pol ls ▁that ▁even ▁breast - be ating ▁sec ular ▁fundamental ists ▁found ▁it ▁hard ▁to ▁defend ." ▁It ▁was ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁report ▁was ▁released ▁only ▁a ▁month ▁before ▁the ▁assembly ▁elections ▁of ▁Gu jar at , ▁and ▁some ▁claimed ▁the ▁st ing