The opposition party said it believed the government might have "engineered" selective leaks of the report, which is usually kept extremely secure.
The BJP today said it suspected that the government "engineered" selective leaks of the SIT report on post-Godhra riots to the media to divert attention from issues like price rise and corruption, and demanded a probe into the matter.
"Whenever SIT submits a report to the Supreme Court in a sealed envelope, it has a certain sanctity," said Ravi Shankar Prasad, BJP spokesperson. "The Supreme Court always maintains the integrity of such reports... This is the proud tradition of the Supreme Court."
He mentioned the recent case where a list of Indians holding bank accounts in tax havens abroad was given to the Supreme Court but the names were not leaked or revealed to the media.
"We apprehend and suspect that elements in the Government of India may also have a role to play in [the leaks]," Prasad said.
He added that the government was facing an onslaught on issues like price rise and corruption and may have "engineered" the leaks to divert attention from them.
"The SIT report was filed in the Supreme Court. Only the SIT and the two amicus curiae saw it," Prasad said. "The Supreme Court is yet to consider the report and form an opinion on it. How was it leaked to the media?"
He said the BJP trusts the "impeccable integrity of the Supreme Court in maintaining secrecy."
The principal opposition also insisted that while the Gujarat government had the best record in convictions in a riot, the Congress has the worst record as shown in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
"Riots are unfortunate but the record of Gujarat in conviction of those involved in riots is the highest in India. 700 people were convicted, 70 of whom were given sentences from 10 years to life imprisonment," Prasad said.
Pointing a finger at the Congress, he asked with "what face" the Congress could comment on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's record.
"A party having the worst record in 1984 riots in which it saved people like Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler. Rajiv Gandhi himself said that when a big tree falls, the earth shakes," Prasad said.
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