Apparently trying to reach out to Muslims ahead of the crucial General Elections, BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that his party will ask for forgiveness if it had ever committed any mistake in the past.
“If we have ever committed any mistake, I assure you that we will bow down and ask for forgiveness,” Rajnath Singh said.
While addressing a gathering of minorities on ‘Narendra Modi’s Mission 272+ : Role of Muslims’ summit’ at the NDMC Convention Centre in Delhi, Singh, in an apparent reference to 2002 Gujarat riots, said, “If we have ever committed any mistake, I assure you that we will bow down and ask for forgiveness.”
Coming down heavily on the Congress and other rival parties, Singh said, “Only one riot is talked about, that is the 2002 riots. Weren’t there riots in Gujarat before that when Hitendra Desai was CM?
Singh continued by saying, “Those who accepted the country’s division, in real sense they are communal not us.”
Singh said that the BJP was not against Muslims and the community should not go by the propaganda against it. He asked them to vote for BJP this time for the sake of the nation.
“Try us once. We don’t come up to your expectations, don’t look at us ever again,” he said.
The BJP chief asked the Muslim community not to vote for electing a government but for a strong nation where brotherhood and humanity shall prevail.
The BJP chief concluded by saying, “We don’t do politics for the sake of attaining power, we do politics to build the nation.”