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Gujarat violence is patriots'
reaction to Godhra: Mathur

Onkar Singh in New Delhi

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader J P Mathur on Friday termed the violence in Gujarat as patriots' reaction to the Godhra carnage and slammed the media for classifying the trouble in the state as riots.

"I do not know why the people and the media has been calling the violence in Gujarat riots. These are not riots, but the reaction of nationalist forces to the Godhra carnage," he said.

He blamed the "so called secular elements" for strengthening the hands of anti-national forces by trying to put nationalist forces on the defensive.

"The so called secular leaders like I K Gujaral, Chandershekhar, Sonia Gandhi, Mulayam Singh Yadav are also in league with the anti-national forces. Whenever nationalist forces come out to challenge the anti-national elements, these people come to the rescue of Muslims," Mathur said.

He welcomed the Union government's move to send K P S Gill to Gujarat as security advisor to Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

"The image of the man alone would be a strong signal to the anti-nationalists to flee the state," he added.

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