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Read what Salman Khan's father Salim Khan said about Modi: 'He has learnt his lesson'

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's father Salim Khan has said he has forgiven Narendra Modi for the 2002 Gujarat riots. Salim Khan had words of praise for Modi for the way he has run his



"When my father wrote his will, there were five people. His children were young, my mother had died. All the five who were consulted were Hindus. Not a single Muslim among them.

"And the funny statements people make nowadays, about Rajiv Gandhi, about Sanjay Gandhi. Did not people die in their families too? Then why did they say that one died because he got the locks of (Ramjanmabhoomi) opened and the other died because he carried out forcible sterlization (of Muslims). Such uncouth people's remarks are shown on TV for 3-3, 4-4 days and debates take place. These people do not deserve even five minutes. They are bad people, they are idiots. They do not represent Muslims. Not a single Muslim follows them.