Modi said Congress president Sonia Gandhi provoked him to rake up Hindutva during the poll campaign and asserted that he was and will always be a law abiding citizen.
Modi also said it is his democratic duty to tell the truth to people and asserted that hostile reactions to his statements on Sohrabuddin reeked of pseudo-secularism.
"I will reply to whatever issues the Congress raises and will speak in the same language and I have a right to defend myself," Modi told a news channel onboard his customised vehicle in the midst of his campaign for the two-phase elections.
Modi said his poll agenda was only to raise developmental issues but he was compelled to play the Hindutva card when Sonia called him 'merchant of death'.
Image: BJP supporters wear the Modi masks at a public election rally in Katlal.
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