Narendra Modi is totally secular: BJP

New Delhi, April 13: The

on Friday asserted that Gujarat Chief Minister

was "totally

" and stressed that the state has not witnessed any riot since 2002. The BJP's statement came on the eve of the JD(U)'s crucial two-day national meeting where the latter is likely to harden its stand on the issue of the NDA's prime ministerial candidate.

The JD(U) is in favour of a secular candidate for the next Lok Sabha polls, keeping its minority votes in mind, while the 2002 Gujarat riots project Modi's image as anti-minority.

BJP spokesperson Capt. Abhimanyu said Gujarat has a history of riots but there has been no riots since February 2002. He said it shows a positive and secular governance by Modi. The BJP spokesperson also attacked Union minister Veerappa Moily for drawing parallels between the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and 2002 Gujarat riots.

Abhimanyu said the Congress's efforts to compare the two riots reveals its Modiphobia, adding that the comparison was a sort of cheating.

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