Congress demands apology from Modi
The Congress yesterday raked up the post-Godhra riots issue against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, latching onto the claims by former RAW chief AS Dulat to demand that Modi apologise for the communal violence in 2002 when he was the chief minister of Gujarat.
The party also questioned BJP's commitment to fighting terrorism and alleged it was wearing a "mask of nationalism".
Citing certain claims by Dulat including on the "goof up" in the IC-814 hijack in 1999, he accused the ruling party of always compromising with terrorists and terrorism.
Party spokesman Ajoy Kumar launched a scathing attack on Modi, saying: "Dulat says that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee believed that he lost the 2004 elections in view of the Gujarat riots... Bharat Ratna Vajpayee has clearly condemned... the shameful incidents of 2002."
He said it was Vajpayee who had reminded "Chief Minster Modi to follow raj dharma".
"Will Narendra Modi respect the words of the Bharat Ratna and apologise to the country for 2002?" Kumar asked, talking to reporters.
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