Ahmedabad: Sidestepping the question of apologising for the 2002 Gujarat riots, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said the Congress should first account for their "sins" before asking him to tender an apology.
The BJP Prime Ministerial candidate was asked during an interview with TV 9 channel that there was a demand he should apologise for the riots in the state that broke out when he was the Chief Minister.
"None from Congress have come to meet me. Nor they have even spoken about an apology. Congress people should first account for their sins before seeking account from others," he said.
On being asked whether he agreed with the statements made by leaders like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram that he was a "danger" to the country, Modi said, "I have not heard Manmohan Singh speak like this during his ten-year tenure."
Modi also said that he has been taking care of Gujarat during his chief ministership for the past 12 to 15 years adding that if there is a danger from any person it can be also from anyone living in a street or any mohalla.
Modi downplayed the discussions of a 'Modi wave' in that country. "This is a BJP wave and not Modi wave. Modi is not bigger than the party," he said adding that the 2014 Lok Sabha elections were not "Modi-centric".
Modi also exuded confidence of the BJP-led NDA getting more than 300 seats in the polls.
Refusing to answer questions on party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi not getting parliamentary seats of their choice, he said, "I don't decide seat distribution."
Advani and Joshi were said to be keen on contesting from Bhopal and Varanasi respectively before they were persuaded to enter the poll fray from Gandhinagar and Kanpur.
(With additional inputs from PTI)
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