The SIT report reportedly cleared Modi’s name among 57 others for their role in 2002 riots, saying it did not have "prosecutable evidence".
Modi yesterday said "there will be a storm in the form of criticism in next 24 hours, but the anti-Gujarat forces will not be successful in doing any harm". The Gujarat CM made the remarks while wrapping up his Sadhbhavana fast in Ambaji.
The remarks hold significance as the court of Metropolitan Magistrate MS Bhatt will also hear today petitions filed by social activists Teesta Setalvad and Mukul Sinha seeking copies of the SIT report filed in a sealed cover before it last Wednesday.
According to Modi, “those who have been criticising Gujarat for the last one decade are going to come back to abuse us once again and this is because they cannot digest the success of Sadhbhavna that is peace, unity and harmony".
Modi also urged the 'anti-Gujarat forces' to accept that peace, harmony and brotherhood prevails in the state, and not to treat Gujaratis as people of an enemy state.
He also warned the 'anti-Gujarat forces' to do their politics outside Gujarat.
"They have done enough of salt rubbing into our wounds, but they cannot misguide the people of Gujarat. They cannot see Muslims, Christians and people of other religions working together. Few people who are against Gujarat are baffled by the success of Sadhbhavna," he said.
The Supreme Court had asked the SIT to investigate whether there was a larger conspiracy behind the 2002 riots in which more than 1,200 people were killed.
A complaint in this regard was filed by Setalvad and Zakia Jaffery, widow of former Congress MP Ehsaan Jaffrey, in the infamous Gulberg Society case where 69 people were killed during the communal frenzy in 2002.
SIT after questioning many people, including Modi, had filed a report in the apex court in which it had reportedly said that there was no prosecutable evidence against the chief minister.
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