Ahmedabad:
Dismissing allegations levelled against him by senior IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt over the Gujarat riots, chief minister Narendra Modi today blamed opponents for trying to defame him.
Speaking at the culmination of Gujarat's golden jubilee celebrations in Ahmedabad, Mr Modi, in a veiled reference to the Opposition, said that he would not bow down to forces which were trying to malign him.
"Every constitutional authority in this country is being misused to carry out opression on me...let them try to do that. I would budge and not bow down to these forces...You try and target Modi but you have been doing this during the state's golden jubilee celebrations....in this celebration year, these forces rather than contributing to the development of the state have been working against it", Mr Modi said.
Mr Modi's comments came after Mr Bhatt, in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court, said that he attended a meeting on February 27, 2002 at which Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi asked police officers to be "indifferent" to rioters and to the calls for help from areas under attack.
Speaking at the culmination of Gujarat's golden jubilee celebrations in Ahmedabad, Mr Modi, in a veiled reference to the Opposition, said that he would not bow down to forces which were trying to malign him.
"Every constitutional authority in this country is being misused to carry out opression on me...let them try to do that. I would budge and not bow down to these forces...You try and target Modi but you have been doing this during the state's golden jubilee celebrations....in this celebration year, these forces rather than contributing to the development of the state have been working against it", Mr Modi said.
Mr Modi's comments came after Mr Bhatt, in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court, said that he attended a meeting on February 27, 2002 at which Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi asked police officers to be "indifferent" to rioters and to the calls for help from areas under attack.
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