Modi Says He Deserves Death If Any 2002 Riot Allegations True
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Narendra Modi, the frontrunner to become India’s next prime minister, said he deserves the death penalty if any allegations about his involvement in sectarian riots that took place 12 years ago are proven true.
“If there’s any truth to the allegations, I should be made to stand in the crossroads and hung,” Modi, prime ministerial candidate for the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, said in an interview with ANI News broadcast yesterday. An apology would serve no purpose because “it isn’t the right way” to deal with such an issue, he said.