‘There have been no riots in Gujarat in last 12 years’
27 April 2013 8:12 AM IST
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who has evaded questions on the 2002 post-Godhra violence against Muslims, on Friday said there has been no riot in the state in the last 12 years. Sharing platform with yoga guru Ramdev, he maintained that his model of governance was based on welfare for all, but made no direct reference to the post-Godhra violence that claimed the lives of over 1,000 people, an overwhelming majority of whom were Muslims.
‘My manifesto is everyone should be healthy and welfare for all. In Gujarat (where) riots happened every other day and innocents were killed, today after 12 years there is not a sign of riots,’ said Modi. The speech was delivered to a gathering, including a number of religious men, at yoga guru Ramdev’s ashram here.
In his speech, Modi accused the Centre of virtually hounding Ramdev for his views that go against the government. ‘I want to ask the rulers in Delhi whether it is wrong to put forward your views in a democracy. Is it wrong to have views that are diametrically opposite to that of the government,’ said Modi.
Gujarat chief minister’s prime ministerial ambitions got a boost in Haridwar, as Ramdev praised the developmental work of Modi and said that his leadership can give the country a better future. ‘At a time when power is concentrated in a handful of people, thousands of crores of country’s black money is stashed abroad and our hostile neighbours are getting emboldened by the day, Modi alone can give the country the kind of leadership it is looking for,’ said Ramdev.
However, Modi said he did not want the blessings of the saints for any post but he needed them to keep himself to the right path.
‘My manifesto is everyone should be healthy and welfare for all. In Gujarat (where) riots happened every other day and innocents were killed, today after 12 years there is not a sign of riots,’ said Modi. The speech was delivered to a gathering, including a number of religious men, at yoga guru Ramdev’s ashram here.
In his speech, Modi accused the Centre of virtually hounding Ramdev for his views that go against the government. ‘I want to ask the rulers in Delhi whether it is wrong to put forward your views in a democracy. Is it wrong to have views that are diametrically opposite to that of the government,’ said Modi.
Gujarat chief minister’s prime ministerial ambitions got a boost in Haridwar, as Ramdev praised the developmental work of Modi and said that his leadership can give the country a better future. ‘At a time when power is concentrated in a handful of people, thousands of crores of country’s black money is stashed abroad and our hostile neighbours are getting emboldened by the day, Modi alone can give the country the kind of leadership it is looking for,’ said Ramdev.
However, Modi said he did not want the blessings of the saints for any post but he needed them to keep himself to the right path.
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