New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily on Thursday accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi being insincere in saying 'hang me if I am guilty'.
Dr. Moily felt that Modi should remember that "under his active governance genocide had taken place, a particular community was targeted, thousands of people w ere killed, and lakhs of people uprooted."
Dr. Moily pointed out that Modi claims innocence in the 2002 riots and refuses to apologize even now. "There is no accountability. You don't owe any responsibility to the people of Gujarat," said Dr. Moily.
Moily pointed out that " even at that point of time when the incident had taken place, Mr. Vajpayee (Then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) was apologetic." He said: " But Narendra Modi , after so many years, has not learnt lessons . He (will) learn a lesson sometime. After sometime he will realize that it is a matter where he should have tendered apology to the people of Gujarat, which he has not done. "
In an interview to an Urdu Weekly, Modi said he was ready to be hanged if found guilty of complicity in the communal riots that took place in Gujarat in 2002.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shahid Siddiqui, who runs a six-page weekly, conducted the cover-page interview.
The interview is believed to be significant as Modi chose to talk about post-Godhra violence to an Urdu weekly.
Earlier, Modi used to walk out of television talk shows when prodded to give his views on the riots.
In the cover page story, Siddiqui writes that the decision to interview Modi came after a luncheon meeting in Mumbai with two Bollywood celebrities' filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and celebrated script writer Salim Khan.
Siddiqui said he was not satisfied with Modi's reply. He said that Modi tried to remove the bloody stain of the Godhra riots by giving the interview. (ANI)
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