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Wounds of 2002 riots have healed: Modi

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Friday that the wounds of the 2002 communal riots had healed and Muslims were doing well in his State.

“The wounds of the citizens of my State have healed and they are living in peace, reaping the fruits of development,” he said.

Mr. Modi, with former Chief Ministers Digvijay Singh and Farooq Abdullah, was interacting with a gathering at the India Today Conclave here.

However, he said he would be unable to heal the wounds of those people who had been raising these issues time and again as “this was their means to earn a livelihood.”

Mr. Abdullah intervened to say that “such matters” should not be raked up constantly. “The time has come for us to forget these incidents and wish that those do not recur,” he said.

When Mr. Singh asked him why no ticket was given to a single Muslim candidate, Mr. Modi wanted to know why the Congress fielded fewer Muslim candidates compared to the previous elections. — PTI

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