Ahmedabad, May 01: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today accused the Centre of persecuting him through constitutional authorities, saying he would neither “break down” nor “bow out”.
Modi’s statement came in the backdrop of recent revelations made by IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt in his affidavit in the Supreme Court implicating the CM in the 2002 communal riots.
“I have been silent for one year. But today, when the Golden Jubilee celebrations are getting over, I want to put my word before the people,” Modi said during the closing ceremony of a function celebrating Gujarat’s Golden Jubilee year.
“This kind of discrimination in democracy, faced by Gujarat, would not have been experienced by any other state,” the chief minister said.
“In the coming days, I would be entering the battle field with my full strength, I want your blessing,” Modi told the gathering.
-Agencies