'Gujarat remained free of communal violence after Godhra'

Gujarat has remained free of communal violence since Godhra riots in 2002 despite attempts from certain quarters to bring disrepute to the leadership of Narendra Modi, BJP MP and party's vice president Purushottam Rupala said here today.

"After the Godhra incident not even once the curfew was clamped in the state...there was no communal violence," Rupala told reporters here.

"Efforts were made to tarnish the image of vibrant Gujarat, but the facts and figures proved otherwise," he alleged.

Hailing the development done during the Modi regime, he claimed that Gujarat was the only state in the country where all 18,000 villages have been provided an un-interrupted three-phase power supply.

The BJP leader was part of a 15-member delegation from Gujarat, which was visiting Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pardesh to extend invitation to people to participate in the upcoming Golden jubilee celebrations of the state.

 He said the purpose of the festivities was to join people with the development of Gujarat.