Hope a situation like in 2004 will not be repeated: Buddhadeb

Dubbing BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a threat to the secular fabric of India, Bhattacharjee said, “It is not a simple ambition of a single leader. It is a joint sponsorship of RSS and Indian corporates. It is a very dangerous development.”

Claiming that Modi's concept was corporate-oriented development, he said, “Ours is inclusive development. It is not a happy situation in Gujarat as far as education, health etc. are concerned.”

Bhattacharjee also alleged that Modi was yet to come clean on criticism of his responsibility during the Gujarat riots.

Told that various surveys had put Modi ahead of others as Prime Ministerial candidate, he shot back, “So what? That does not mean his policies are justified, they are good.

I have some doubt of the findings of these channels and agencies about the methodology of such surveys.