Will reply to terrorists in their language: Modi

The Rs 19.10-crore flyover, a major relief from traffic snarls at the Shivranjani crossroad, is part of city8217;s BRTS project.

Welcoming top officials of Army, Navy and Air Force, Modi criticised what he called were attempts to shield those calling Sardar Patel a terrorist and questioned the silence of the UPA Government over this. This was an apparent reference to a Muslim clerics meeting in Azamgarh yesterday where a cleric reportedly called Godse and Patel terrorists.

8220;It is misfortune of this country that those indulging in votebank politics are providing shield to those who have the gall to call the man who integrated princely states into one nation a terrorist8221;, he said. He also said that while the coffin of later Sardar Patel8217;s elder brother Vitthalbhai was kept open for public viewing in Karamsad on his 75th birth anniversary recently, UPA leaders were taking pride on the repeal of POTA and celebrating the relief to detainees.

8220;Even corners of the eyes of such votebank politicians don8217;t get wet over deaths of innocent people at the hands of terrorists8230; they go to Azamgarh and comfort their families8221;, Modi said, asking 8220;Is this their Bharat Bhakti?8221; He alleged that vote bank politians by following policy of appeasement were responsible for shattering of dreams of true patriots.