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Indian Mujahideen, CBI will fight for Cong in 2014: Modi

Gujarat CM urges people to give a decisive mandate to BJP in Lok Sabha polls

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bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) — BJP’s prime ministeria­l candidate Narendra Modi thundered on Friday that he was “unstoppabl­e” and he will never be cowed down by bullets and bombs.

Addressing a massive rally here, 135km from Lucknow, Modi said that while the UPA government had put the Central Bureau of Investigat­ion (CBI) on his trail, the Indian Mujahideen too was on his pursuit. Referring to the serial bomb blasts in Patna last month that left seven people dead, Modi said he was not one to be cowed down by acts of terrorism.

“I am made of different ‘mitti’ (DNA). Pistols, guns and bombs cannot stop me for I am unstoppabl­e,” he added, to a huge round of applause from the thousands gathered to hear him speak.

Narendra Modi accused the United Progressiv­e Alliance (UPA) government of giving a “free run” to terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, after it felt it cannot stop him democratic­ally.

The Gujarat chief minister also accused the United Progressiv­e Alliance of misusing the Central Bureau of Investigat­ion (CBI) to target Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. He said the advisory to TV news channels on the prime minister’s Independen­ce Day speech was aimed at suppressin­g the voice of opposition. In a hard-hitting attack on the Congress, Bahujan Samaj

I won’t be cowed by bomb threats: Modi. — Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) at a rally here, Modi said the three parties had similar DNA, and urged people of Uttar Pradesh to give a decisive mandate to the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha (LS) polls.

On the communal violence in Muzaffarna­gar and subsequent arrest of two BJP legislator­s, Modi said the state government did not have power against the guilty and was putting innocent people in jail “for its vote bank politics”. He said the Congress was defeated in three successive elections in Gujarat.

“Those who feel that they cannot stop Modi democratic­ally are adopting other means. Sometimes (give) free run to Indian Mujahideen, ask CBI to trail... listen with open ears. We are made of different stuff. We will defeat terror and finish it,” he said. Modi said he felt the “trio” of the SP, BSP and the Congress will not fight the forthcomin­g polls but that “CBI and Indian Mu- jahideen will handle the front so that they can save Congress”.

On the blasts on the day of his rally in Patna last month in which six people were killed, Modi said innocents were targetted.

The involvemen­t of Indian Mujahideen in the terror attack is being probed. Modi said there was no place for violence in democracy.

On the government’s advisory to TV news channels over the “denigratio­n” of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Independen­ce Day speech, Modi said the directive came after news channels were showing his (Modi’s) speech live.

He said the advisory was sent about “a week back”.

“But the real concern (behind the advisory) was not the prime minister’s honour. They were restive that the channels telecast Modi’s speech live but only showed visuals of shahzade’s speech (during those hours),” Modi said in an apparent reference to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.

“Rulers of Delhi, please listen with your ears open. TV may not show (speeches) but (we) have made place among people,” Modi said.

Without naming Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, who are

MPs from Uttar Pradesh, Modi said they have not done enough for the state despite holding influence in the Congress-led UPA government. —

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