New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): Congress Party on Friday launched a scathing attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that he had done \u2018absolutely right thing\u2019 in 2002 when the state was hit by riots and that an SIT set up by the Supreme Court had given him a \u2018thoroughly clean chit\u2019, saying this is totally against the analogy of India.
\n\u201cWe are condemning the analogy which he has made. It shows the kind of mindset Mr. Modi has. This is totally against the idea of India; India is not what he thinks. The analogy which he has drawn, the parallels which he has drawn is not the idea of India,\u201d said AICC General Secretary and in-charge of Communication Department. Ajay Maken.
\nMaken said even former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji said at the time of Gujarat riots that he failed to implement a \u2018Raj Dharma\u2019.
\n\u201cAnd not only Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji at that time, but even as recent as this month only the Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the 2002 riots is a result of failed Gujarat model of governance. So, we are not only saying so, but his own party leaders, fellow Chief Ministers are saying so,\u201d said Maken.
\n\u201cBut using a riot wherein thousands of people died, using an analogy drawing parallels the way he has done is something which shows his mindset and this is totally against the idea of India which we strongly condemn,\u201d he added.
\nIn an exclusive interview to Reuters news agency at his official residence in Gandhinagar, Modi said: \u201cPeople have a right to be critical. We are a democratic country. Everyone has their own view. I would feel guilty if I did something wrong. Frustration comes when you think \u2018I got caught. I was stealing and I got caught\u2019. That\u2019s not (what happened in) my case.\u201d
\nThe Gujarat Chief Minister, who was very recently appointed the BJP\u2019s campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, described himself as a Hindu nationalist because he was a born Hindu.
\n\u201cI am nationalist. I am patriotic. Nothing is wrong. I’m a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I am a Hindu nationalist so yes, you can say I am a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu. I am patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it. As far as progressive, development oriented, workaholic, whatever they say, this is what they see. So there’s no contradiction between the two,\u201d he said.
\nThe Goa Chief Minister had in a recent interview to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta for NDTV\u2019s Walk the Talk programme said that the 2002 riots in Gujarat were a clear-cut case of administrative failure and bad example of governance.<\/p>\n\n