PM on 2002: Kar sevaks’ killing acted as spark in tense climate
New Delhi, March 17, 2025.PM Narendra Modi asserted that a fake narrative was spread to malign his image over the Gujarat riots in 2002, while emphasising that the burning of kar sevaks coming back from Ayodhya acted as a spark at a time when the situation was already tense because of a number of attacks carried out by Islamic terrorist groups in India as well as abroad.Talking to Lex Fridman, research scientist at MIT and a leading podcaster, Modi listed the terror attacks - hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane to Kandahar, attacks on Red Fort and the J&K assembly, the Al Qaida strike on New York and the attack on India's Parliament in the months leading up to the Feb 2002 riots which already had public opinion in India tense and on the edge."In such situations, a spark i...
