Modi says he was ‘shaken to the core’ by 2002 riots

A day after a court in Ahmedabad rejected a petition against him in a case relating to the 2002 communal riots, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said it was not a "personal victory or defeat" but a triumph of truth. Buoyed by the clean chit given to him by the court, Mr. Modi broke his silence over the issue, which he claims left him shaken to the core and rendered him with “grief, sadness, misery, pain, anguish, agony on witnessing such inhumanity.” In a post on his blog, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate said he feels "liberated and at peace."

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