06-14-2010, 12:19 AM
Quote:Who was Bhopal's maut ka saudagar, asks Modi
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IANS | Patna
Using Sonia Gandhi's "Maut ka Saudagar" (Merchant of Death) barb against her, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the Congress president over her "silence" on the Bhopal verdict, and charged the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government with failing to check Maoist violence and rising prices.
Addressing a BJP rally at the conclusion of the party's national executive meeting here, Modi referred to Sonia Gandhi as "Madam Sonia" and wondered why she had not spoken on the Bhopal verdict.
"Why are you quiet on Bhopal, Madam Sonia? The country wants to know who was the Maut ka Saudagar in Bhopal," he said.
"Speak up. Break your silence. The country wants to know what happened in Bhopal," Modi added.
The "Maut ka Saudagar" barb was used by Sonia Gandhi in reference to Modi during her campaign for the Gujarat assembly polls in 2007. It referred to the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat in which over 1,000 people, most of them Muslims, were killed.