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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi kicked up a political storm on Friday by saying he had done "absolutely the right thing" during the 2002 riots...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi kicked up a political storm on Friday by saying he had done "absolutely the right thing" during the 2002 riots and describing himself as a "Hindu nationalist". Modi came under sharp attack from the Congress, Samajwadi Party, CPI(M), CPI and JD(U) for his remarks in an interview to Reuters during which he said he had not done anything wrong with regard to the riots. An SIT set up by the Supreme Court had given him a "thoroughly clean chit", he said. The Gujarat strongman's comment, when asked if he regretted the riots, that even if a "puppy comes under the wheel" of a car, one felt sad, drew particularly sharp condemnation with SP accusing him of comparing Muslims to dogs. Congress and Samajwadi Party demanded immediate apology to the nation from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's comments on 2002 riots. Slamming him, Congress said the remarks reflected his "perverse mindset and were totally against the idea of India. Thousands of people lost their lives in the 2002 riots and in this backdrop the analogy used by Narendra Modi needs to be strongly condemned. There is no place for such a comparison in civilised India," said Ajay Maken, AICC Communications Department head, in a reference to the 'puppy' remark. In the rare interview, the first since he was appointed the chief of BJP election campaign committee in June, Modi was asked if it was frustrating when many people define him by 2002. He responded by saying that he would feel guilty if he had done something wrong. "Frustration comes when you think 'I got caught. I was stealing and I got caught.' That's not my case." Uproar over Modi's remarks "I am nationalist. I'm patriotic. Nothing is wrong. I am born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So I'm a Hindu nationalist�(talking of 2002 riots) any person if we are driving a car, we are a driver, and someone else is driving a car and we're sitting behind, even then if a puppy comes under the wheel, will be painful or not? Of course, it is. If I'm a chief minister or not, I'm a human being. If something bad happens anywhere, it is natural to be sad," he said in an interview to a news agency
- Parties slam him as insensitive over his puppy analogy on 2002 riots
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