Modi has become the idol of Indian people, Jethmalani tells Aap Ki Adalat

New Delhi, July 13: Expelled BJP MP and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani has said, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has become the "idol of the people"."Wherever I go, at airports, railway stations, colleges and courts, people ask me when Modi would become the PM. Today we need a Prime Minister who is fiscally honest, and Modi fits the bill", Jethmalani said in reply to queries in Rajat Sharma's Aap Ki Adalat on India TV. "When I say fiscally honest, I mean the aspirant for the post of PM should not be greedy about money and one who does not brook corruption. According to me, Modi is that person. I don't see the same quality among other aspirants", the noted lawyer said. Jethmalani rubbished allegations that Modi was communal and morally responsible for the 2002 Gujarat riots. "Some 58 to 60 people in a train were burnt alive (in Godhra). The Congress said, the people died because of a burning stove. Who are they fooling? If a stove burns, people will jump out of the coach. Here the people were burnt inside a closed railway coach. "Even the SIT appointed by the Supreme Court said some rascals indulged in arson because they wanted to defame India because of tension on Indo-Pak border. And, Hindus are not keedas (insects), who will not retaliate", said Jethmalani. "Burning is the most cruel form of killing. Modi had just taken over as chief minister. He can't control each and every police station. "Even the wife of ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafri rang me up during the riots, and I asked the then Defence Minister George Fernandes to send in the army. Nobody is blaming Fernandes, but everybody is blaming Modi", said the expelled BJP MP. Jethmalani described the Congress as the most communal party which divides people. "What about the Congress leaders' role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots? At least, Modi didn't go and give the orders to mobs in Gujarat. Congress leaders are practitioners of genocide."Asked how he envisioned Modi become the PM as he does not have the support of Mamata Banerjee, Naveen Patnaik and Nitish Kumar, Jethmalani quipped: "PMs are not made by Mamata or the men whose name you speak. PMs are made by the people of India. People of India love Modi, and Ram Jethmalani too loves him."Jethmalani pointed out that he had met Modi only once, and hardly spoke to him over telephone. "I met him only once when a delegation of judges and lawyers from the US wanted to visit Ahmedabad, and I took the delegation to meet Modi. That was my only meeting with Modi."The expelled BJP MP hit out at senior party leader L K Advani saying he was ungrateful. "It was during the Jain Hawala case, when Advani resigned from Lok Sabha saying he would contest elections only after he was acquitted. S. Gurumurthy and Arun Jaitley came and requested me to take up his case. " I got the charges against Advani quashed. The government went to the Supreme court, but Advani was acquitted there too. "It was because of me, that he (Advani) returned to Parliament and in the political landscape. I am responsible for bringing Advani back to Parliament. But it was Advani who was part of the Parliamentary Board which decided to expel me."On Rahul Gandhi, Jethmalani said, "I get angry, whenever I hear his name. I will not employ him even as a managing clerk of my office. If Rahul Gandhi becomes PM, thousands of people will migrate from India". The noted lawyer blamed the Centre for dragging its feet in getting back the ill-gotten money stashed him offshore bank accounts. "We are not a poor nation, we are a rich country. But our leaders are dacoits, thieves. Nearly $ 1500 billion Indian money stolen by these dacoits are stashed in offshore accounts. If the money is brought back to India and distributed, every family will get Rs 3 lakh", said Jethmalani."The German chancellor had offered to give details of people holding offshore money to all friendly countries, but the Indian government has not shown any eagerness on its part", he added. Jethmalani also revealed details of his love life, and the reasons why defended men like smuggler Haji Mastan, Indira Gandhi's killer Balbir Singh, Jessica murder convict Manu Sharma and even Lalu Prasad. Aap Ki Adalat with Ram Jethmalani will be telecast on India TV today (Saturday) at 10 am, and tomorow (Sunday) at 10 am and 10 pm.