"Modi has acceptability even now and it is growing. Nobody from any caste or religion is unhappy with him. People understand that Congress has always played the communal card," he said.
Attacking critics of Modi, the BJP chief said, "He (Modi) has faced so much of political attack over the 2002 riots, politically-motivated allegations, even after he was given a clean chit by the Supreme Court-appointed investigation."
Asked whether it had harmed Modi or benefited him, he said it had not discouraged him from working for the development of Gujarat.
Questioned whether the 2002 riots was a "weak point" for Modi and the BJP, Singh said, "Congress is making it an issue to divert attention from good governance and development issues. They want to run away from these issues."
He was asked about the perception of Modi having become larger than the party which went against the ideals of the BJP. This was also reflected in the party's posters where only Modi's pictures dominated.
In his response, the party chief said, "BJP has a tradition that we project more prominently the person whom we declare as PM or CM candidate. That is why we are highlighting Modiji. We will give him prominent space in posters."
