Court clean chit to Narendra Modi a slap on Nitish Kumar's face: Sushil Modi

PATNA: Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi said that the clean chit given by a Gujarat court to Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots was a "strong slap" on the face of "pseudo secular" leaders like Nitish Kumar and asked the Bihar Chief Minister to tender an apology for breaking the alliance.

"The verdict of a Gujarat Metropolitan court upholding the SIT report giving a clean chit to Narendra Modi is a strong slap on the face of pseudo secular leaders like Nitish Kumar who severed ties with the BJP in his name," Sushil Modi told reporters.

"Kumar, who broke the alliance with the BJP and disrespected people's mandate, should seek an apology from the public for this step in the name of Narendra Modi and accusing him for the 2002 riots in Gujarat," Modi, who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar in the NDA regime, said.

"After the court verdict, so called secular leaders like Nitish Kumar should reconsider their opinion about Narendra Modi," the BJP leader, flanked by bureaucrat-turned party leader RK Singh, said.

He, however, categorically said there was no going back with the JD(U).

"The question of going for an alliance with the JD(U) again does not arise," he said.