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NCM takes exception to Modi's speeches

The National Commission for Minorities on Tuesday took strong exception to the inflammatory speeches against the minorities by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during his Gujarat Gaurav Yatra and has asked the state government to provide the text of Modi's speeches.

Modi is reported to have said during the first phase of his yatra that 'those believing in multiplying the population should be taught a lesson'.

Modi's reported speeches also came under attack from the opposition parties. Congress party spokesman Anand Sharma said, "This is a warning not only to people of Gujarat, but to the entire country given the BJP-RSS claim that the state was a 'laboratory' and the experiment would be replicated all over India."

Describing it as 'vulgar diatribe' against the minorities, CPI said Modi's remarks had shown the BJP's aim of 'dividing and polarising' the communities and 'intimidating' minorities.

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