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Welfare of all is my motto, says Narendra Modi

CM visits Ramdev's Haridwar ashram, says he stopped riots in Gujarat.

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Chief minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that his model of governance was based on “welfare for all”. He made no direct reference to the communal riots of 2002 but said that there had been no riots in his state in the last 12 years.

Modi was speaking at Baba Ramdev’s Acharyakulam Shikshan Sansthanam at Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar on Friday.

“I have never worked keeping the welfare of a particular section in mind. I have never believed in ‘Hindu bhawantu Sukhinah’ (May Hindus be happy). My guiding principle has always been ‘Sarve Bhawantu Sukhinah’ (May all be happy)...,” Modi said.

“My manifesto is everyone should be healthy and welfare for all. In Gujarat (where) riots happened every other day and innocents were killed, today after 12 years there is not a sign of riots,” he said.

In his speech, Modi accused the Centre of virtually hounding Ramdev for his views that go against the government. “I want to ask the rulers in Delhi whether it is wrong to put forward your views in a democracy. Is it wrong to have views that are diametrically opposite to that of the government?” he said.

“The people in the [central] government are using indecent language against Baba Ramdev, who is serving the nation not only through yoga, but also with his movements [against black money],” Modi said.

Meanwhile, religious leaders gathered at Haridwar on Friday, praised Modi’s leadership and said he had the ability to rid the nation of ills including corruption.

“At a time when power is concentrated in the hands of a few people, thousands of crores of the country’s money is stashed abroad [as black money] and our hostile neighbours are getting emboldened by the day. Modi alone can give the country the kind of leadership it is looking for,” Ramdev said.

However, Modi said he did not want the blessings of the saints for any post but he needed them to keep himself on the right path.

The chief minister had earlier attended a Havan along with Morari Bapu, Parmarth Niketan Chief Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Ramdev.

Incidentally, on April 8, 2013, Ramdev had declared in Bokaro that Modi is a suitable candidate for the prime minister’s post.

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