Activist and spiritual
leader Swami Agnivesh on Thursday said here that Gujarat Chief Minister
Narendra Modi would never become the prime minister of the country because of
his mishandling of 2002 riots.
"Modi
can never become PM because of his role in the riots," he said, addressing
a press conference Vadodara.
"Modi's
Sadbhavna fast mission for promoting the communal harmony was a drama and a
stunt," Agnivesh added. He also dismissed the claim that Gujarat had
become model state for its industrial development, seeking to know how many
people had been displaced in the process.
Agnivesh welcomed the
initiative of Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Assembly Dr Kanubhai
Kalsaria to form a third front to champion farmers' cause in coming Assembly
elections.
Agnivesh
also demanded an apology from the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the death
of 19 'innocent people' in the encounter in Chhattisgarh on June 29.
Union Home
Minister P Chidambaram should be sacked over the incident, he said.
Talking
about Anna Hazare, he said Team Anna had deviated from its mission, and its
plannned agitation from July 25 would not have any impact. He said a third
front was necessary as both the United Progressive Alliance and the National
Democratic Alliance were failures.
