Togadia targets Modi after quitting VHP
A day after quitting the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in wake of his nominee losing an organisational poll, firebrand leader Pravin Togadia on Sunday launched a vicious attack against the Modi government at the Centre.
Togadia, who has decided to undertake an indefinite fast from Tuesday, said his "disenchantment" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi began right after the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
“I am not in the VHP anymore .... I will continue to work for the welfare of Hindus. From Tuesday, I will go on an indefinite fast in Ahmedabad for fulfilling the longstanding demands of the Hindus,” he had said on Saturday after former Himachal Pradesh governor VS Kokje defeated his nominee Raghav Reddy in an election in Gurgaon for the post of VHP International president.
Togadia, who returned here on Saturday night, met his supporters and top VHP functionaries in Gujarat on Sunday to finalise his plans for the fast at the state VHP headquarters.
“I got disenchanted with this government in the last four years. The disenchantment, in fact, had started slowly after the 2002 events in Gujarat,” he said, speaking to reporters later.
Claiming that scores of Hindus were killed in police firing during the postGodhra riots, he said he could not understand how it could happen when “Narendrabhai” was the chief minister.