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Centre using IB, RAW, CBI against me: Narendra Modi

Source: PTI
October 23, 2010 22:57 IST
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Upbeat by the victory in polls to local bodies and panchayats, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre of using all its probe and intelligence agencies against him and Gujarat.

"The Congress is using all the investigation agencies and intelligence agencies like the Research and Analysis Wing, National Investigative Agency, Central Bureau of Investigation and the Intelligence Bureau against Gujarat and me," Modi told a rally in Ahmedabad.

"Had the energy used by them against Gujarat for the last one and half years been directed towards Pakistan, half of the problem of terrorism would have been solved," Modi said, adding that he was saying this with full responsibility.

"You (Centre) have misused constitutional bodies, you have used all the ways of oppression, but the people of Gujarat have shown that they do not fear this kind of suppression," Modi said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party had made the arrest of junior home minister and close aide of Modi Amit Shah by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case as its core issue in campaigning for local body elections.

"If you try to disturb the democratically elected government, people will not tolerate it anywhere in the country," Modi said.

"I urge them (Congress ruled UPA government) that if they have taken this route to gain power in Gujarat, they should leave it and fight in a democratic manner. If you have some problem with me, then come and talk to me," Modi said.

He said the local body elections have changed the mindset of many classes of the society that believed for the last 60 years that only the Congress can ensure a better future for them.

"The poor class of society has put their faith in BJP this time," Modi said.

Modi said the tribal belt of central and south Gujarat, where BJP has been facing defeat for the last 60 years, have also shown positive results for the party in these elections.

"Over 100 Muslim candidates of BJP have won elections this time, which also shows that the minority community has voted for the BJP," Modi said.

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