Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, sidestepped a question on Tuesday on whether he would apologise for the 2002 riots in his Gujarat. On the Congress' demand for an apology, Mr Modi told a news channel "let them account for their own sins first."

Mr Modi has expressed regret for the communal violence 12 years ago in Gujarat, the state he has ruled since 2001, but has never apologised. In the middle of a national election that many believe will go in his favour, the 63-year-old maintained that stand.

"Nobody from the Congress came to meet me or discuss this issue with me," he said in an interview to channel, when asked about demands for his apology. "Congress should account for their own sins first before raising a finger at someone else."


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