As a remark by her praising Narendra Modi created a flutter, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday clarified that she cannot laud a Chief Minister “accused” of being responsible for the post-Godhra communal riots.
“I cannot possibly be praising a leader or a Chief Minister who has been accused by people of involvement in the Godhra riots where many innocent people were killed. The Godhra incident was communalisation. How can we Congress people even think of praising such a person?” she told PTI.
Soon after the controversial statement made by the Chief Minister at a function created a flutter, her office also issued a statement saying she did not praise any Chief Minister but said only that the governments which delivered have returned to power.
Addressing a function, Ms. Dikshit had earlier said, “I am not talking about party. There are no two opinions that development is taking place in Gujarat and (because of that) government gets re-elected. Why do governments get re-elected? Why do they come to power again and again? It is because they ensure development.”
