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Kheda: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday charged the Congress with double standards, saying it accused him of contempt of court when its government in Delhi disobeyed the Supreme Court verdict sentencing Mohammad Afzal to death. Mr. Modi did not refer to Sohrabuddin Sheikh or to the Election Commission’s notice to him on his controversial justification of Sohrabuddin’s encounter killing. But it was clear who and what he was talking about. The Chief Minister, who addressed a series of meetings in Kheda and Anand districts in central Gujarat, asked the crowds if the Congress refusal to hang Afzal did not amount to contempt of court. “Brothers and sisters, the Supreme Court ordered him to be hanged. They have violated that order. Tell me is this not contempt of court?” “Yes!,” his audience shouted back. Continued the Chief Minister, “If your answer is yes, then teach these people a lesson they will not forget.” Mr. Modi also took exception to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s remarks that Gujarat was ruled by people who had acted as ‘maut ke saudagar’ (merchants of death). “By calling me a maut ka saudagar, she has insulted not me but all of you. She has insulted five and a half crore Gujaratis,” he said. He said Gujaratis were a peaceful people. But no one who provoked them could expect to get away lightly. “Brothers and sisters, hit back at those who have called us merchants of death. Avenge this insult.” “Yes,” they said again. Mr. Modi said the real merchants of death were sitting in Delhi (a reference to the 1984 riots). He had changed the lives of Gujaratis by bringing them water and electricity. As a result of this Bhagirath kaam (monumental feat), students did well, businesses flourished and farmers reported unprecedented increase in productivity. He said the Congress would be foolish to think it could get its hands on this hard-earned tijori (coffers): “They don’t know that in Gandhinagar sits a chowkidar [watchman] who will not allow them to put their dirty panja [paw, also the Congress symbol] on the tijori.”
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