Mangalore, Jul 16: Veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary made a scathing attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, over his 'puppy' analogy in reply to a query on the 2002 Gujarat riots in a recent interview.
Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, he said that the statement made by Modi was a deliberate reference to the community of Muslims.
“We should ponder whether the pain over the death of a puppy is as much as the pain over the death of a person. When thousands of Muslim men, women and children were killed in those riots, all Modi could do was make a statement about being sad over a puppy coming under the wheels of a car. Was it not you who was in the driving seat of the same car,” he lashed at Modi.
Referring to the recent and much-criticised 'burqa of secularism' remark made by Modi on Sunday, charging Congress with hiding behind a veil, he said that the statement was deliberately made targeting Muslim women.
“Could he not use the term 'hiding under the carpet' instead,” he questioned, accusing Modi of communal polarisation.
Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate
Citing several 'mistakes' committed by the BJP, he said that their projection of Narendra Modi as a Prime Ministerial candidate was a huge mistake, calling Modi 'a sardar of lies'.
Everyone is aware of the so-called progress in the state of Gujarat. The very fact that Modi is trying to justify himself is proof that he had a major hand in the massacre. It is alarming to think what will be the condition of the nation if Modi is elected as PM in the next election, he said.
He said that even the Supreme Court had rejected a report compiled by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which had given Modi a clean chit in the Gujarat riots.
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