“This is the first time I am sharing the harrowing ordeal I had gone through in those days at a personal level.However, it was from these very built up emotions that I had appealed to the people of Gujarat on the day of the Godhra train burning itself; fervently urging for peace and restraint to ensure lives of innocents were not put at risk. I had repeatedly reiterated the same principles in my daily interactions with the media in those fateful days of February-March 2002 as well; publically underlining the political will as well as moral responsibility of the government to ensure peace, deliver justice and punish all guilty of violence. You will also find these deep emotions in my recent words at my Sadbhavana fasts, where I had emphasized how such deplorable incidents did not behove a civilized society and had pained me deeply,” added Modi.
Modi did not forget to mention that had responded more swiftly and decisively than ever done before in any previous riots in the country. He has also said that after the court judgment of yesterday, he was feeling liberated and at peace.
