With
the first phase of polls, just a week away, whipping up anti-Muslim sentiment is
back on Modi's agenda. On Tuesday morning, the CM, apparently apprehensive that
his development plank may not work, told a rally at Mangrol in south Gujarat
that "Sohrabuddin got what he deserved". The communal angle is thus back in the
rhetoric of Hindutva's poster
boy.
It was vintage Modi in his
campaign speech at Mangrol: "Sonia Gandhi spoke of terrorism. But she has no
right to talk of this. Till today, those who attacked Parliament haven't been
sent to the gallows. Congress in Gujarat is raising its voice on the Sohrabuddin
issue. But, it should explain to the people what should be done to a man who
stored illegal arms and ammunition. You tell me, what should have been done to
Sohrabuddin?"
The rally echoed
with shouts of "Kill him, kill him." Modi responded with: "Well, that is it. Do
I have to take Sonia Gandhi's permission to do this?"
clipped from: timesofindia.indiatimes.com