03-15-2007, 03:05 AM
Media getting increasingly desperate. Man, it should be burning the commie media that Modi is not getting provoked and responding to this line of questioning from NDTV! <!--emo&
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Sreenivasan Jain
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 (Gandhinagar):
Breaking his silence for the first time since he was removed from the BJP's Parliamentary Board, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi says he's unaffected by the decision.
Many had interpreted the move as a direct snub. But in an exclusive interview to NDTV, Modi says he's too caught up with running Gujarat to really care.
NDTV: Mr Modi, thanks very much for speaking to us. <b>You have done so much for Gujarat. But what does your party do? They remove you from the membership of the parliamentary board without even asking you.</b>
Modi: I am focussed on Gujarat moving towards progress. I am concentrating on that. Whatever I say, all the issues I discuss are for the benefit of Gujarat.
NDTV: <b>But what was your reaction? I will tell you how the media interpreted it. The media said this was some kind of a snub, that the BJP high command was tryin to rein in Mr Modi because he had become too big, bigger then the party itself. But how did you see it? </b>
Modi: I am only concentrating on the development and progress in Gujarat, it's 1600 km of coastline.
NDTV: <b>Sir, you are not answering the question. I'm asking you about the parliamentary board, you're telling me about the coastline.</b>
Modi: No matter how important your questions are, I think you find the answers yourself. My focus is on other things, like the 1600 km coastline. I want to turn this coastline into India's gateway of prosperity. I want to completely focus on that.
NDTV: Okay, you want to talk about progress. <b>Let me ask you this, there is an estimate of 10,000 people who are living in different rehab centres across the state. There's a feeling that you have not reached out to them. You speak about vibrant Gujarat, but you have left them out. </b>
Modi: <b>The allegations are completely false, and they won't last. This is the election year, so they are trying to create and highlight issues that no one spoke about for four years.</b>
NDTV: No, these issues have been much talked about for the past four years.
Modi: It's up to you.
NDTV: <b>So the hero of Hindutva is now the hero of corporate India?</b>
Modi: <b>These are terms you created. These are your thoughts. You can continue to use them. I keep my interaction with the media limited. Kindly let me work for the benefit of Gujarat.</b>
NDTV: <b>I am surprised when you talk of the major crisis that happened in the last five years. You do not mention the riots at all. You don't see that as a crisis?</b>
Modi <b>You have made your point over the last five years, using thousands of hours of our people's time. You have put in all your energy to make that point. In return, I have maintained complete silence on the issue. You have spoken openly, and I have borne it with an open heart. But the matter is sub-judice in the Supreme Court. A commission is inquiring into it. I am waiting for the report.</b>
NDTV: <b>Mr. Modi, whenever we ask you about the riots, you ask us to analyse it. You maintain strict silence. But surely just tell me this, I know it's been five years, but looking back now do you feel some amount of regret in the way things unfolded?</b>
Modi: <b>I maintain that you all have been excessively unjust to me. </b>
NDTV: This is not a...
Modi: I bore all your injustice in silence. There is a court, a commission, an investigative procedure in place. Why don't you wait for their results?
NDTV: I am asking you about your personal feelings?
Modi: I stand before you. Hang me if you feel I should be hanged. Decide how you want to hang me. I am not going to protest. I am here before you. Do what you want.
NDTV: <b>You don't target Musharraf the way you did earlier? </b>
Modi: <b>If somebody abuses my country, I believe in replying in the same language. This is my commitment.</b>
NDTV: <b>An eye for an eye? </b>
Modi: I am clear on one thing, <b>we will not break the principles of the Constitution. But we will make ourselves heard. </b>
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Sreenivasan Jain
Watch story
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 (Gandhinagar):
Breaking his silence for the first time since he was removed from the BJP's Parliamentary Board, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi says he's unaffected by the decision.
Many had interpreted the move as a direct snub. But in an exclusive interview to NDTV, Modi says he's too caught up with running Gujarat to really care.
NDTV: Mr Modi, thanks very much for speaking to us. <b>You have done so much for Gujarat. But what does your party do? They remove you from the membership of the parliamentary board without even asking you.</b>
Modi: I am focussed on Gujarat moving towards progress. I am concentrating on that. Whatever I say, all the issues I discuss are for the benefit of Gujarat.
NDTV: <b>But what was your reaction? I will tell you how the media interpreted it. The media said this was some kind of a snub, that the BJP high command was tryin to rein in Mr Modi because he had become too big, bigger then the party itself. But how did you see it? </b>
Modi: I am only concentrating on the development and progress in Gujarat, it's 1600 km of coastline.
NDTV: <b>Sir, you are not answering the question. I'm asking you about the parliamentary board, you're telling me about the coastline.</b>
Modi: No matter how important your questions are, I think you find the answers yourself. My focus is on other things, like the 1600 km coastline. I want to turn this coastline into India's gateway of prosperity. I want to completely focus on that.
NDTV: Okay, you want to talk about progress. <b>Let me ask you this, there is an estimate of 10,000 people who are living in different rehab centres across the state. There's a feeling that you have not reached out to them. You speak about vibrant Gujarat, but you have left them out. </b>
Modi: <b>The allegations are completely false, and they won't last. This is the election year, so they are trying to create and highlight issues that no one spoke about for four years.</b>
NDTV: No, these issues have been much talked about for the past four years.
Modi: It's up to you.
NDTV: <b>So the hero of Hindutva is now the hero of corporate India?</b>
Modi: <b>These are terms you created. These are your thoughts. You can continue to use them. I keep my interaction with the media limited. Kindly let me work for the benefit of Gujarat.</b>
NDTV: <b>I am surprised when you talk of the major crisis that happened in the last five years. You do not mention the riots at all. You don't see that as a crisis?</b>
Modi <b>You have made your point over the last five years, using thousands of hours of our people's time. You have put in all your energy to make that point. In return, I have maintained complete silence on the issue. You have spoken openly, and I have borne it with an open heart. But the matter is sub-judice in the Supreme Court. A commission is inquiring into it. I am waiting for the report.</b>
NDTV: <b>Mr. Modi, whenever we ask you about the riots, you ask us to analyse it. You maintain strict silence. But surely just tell me this, I know it's been five years, but looking back now do you feel some amount of regret in the way things unfolded?</b>
Modi: <b>I maintain that you all have been excessively unjust to me. </b>
NDTV: This is not a...
Modi: I bore all your injustice in silence. There is a court, a commission, an investigative procedure in place. Why don't you wait for their results?
NDTV: I am asking you about your personal feelings?
Modi: I stand before you. Hang me if you feel I should be hanged. Decide how you want to hang me. I am not going to protest. I am here before you. Do what you want.
NDTV: <b>You don't target Musharraf the way you did earlier? </b>
Modi: <b>If somebody abuses my country, I believe in replying in the same language. This is my commitment.</b>
NDTV: <b>An eye for an eye? </b>
Modi: I am clear on one thing, <b>we will not break the principles of the Constitution. But we will make ourselves heard. </b>
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