Chief minister Narendra Modi continued his verbal attack on the Union government for the third consecutive day on Saturday, after lashing out at the Centre in Ahmedabad on Thursday and Bhavnagar on Friday. Criticising the CBI's plea to move the trial of Sohrabuddin fake encounter case outside Gujarat, Modi said that it was an insult to the judicial system of the state.
He asked the Centre whether it considered Gujarat as a part of "enemy country". "Do you not consider the state as a part of India? Why is Gujarat being treated as if it was part of an enemy state? Are the judges of Gujarat useless? Other courts of the country are good, but courts in Gujarat are bad?" he asked.
Addressing a large crowd of college students gathered for 'Swarnim Prakriti Mahotsav' at the GMDC ground here, the CM said, "Gujarat's peace, brotherhood, development and progress are not liked by some people. They are working towards maligning it. There have been serious efforts to maintain peace in the state.
But they do not want peace in Gujarat. They want to demean it."
He remarked, "They are trying to malign my name for the last eight years. But now they have started maligning the judicial system of the state. I will not tolerate this. They can attack me but why the judicial system?"
"There is an attempt to pollute the environment of Gujarat. This is an insult to the judicial system of Gujarat…, its judges…, its lawyers," Modi said.
