The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader said his government set up a commission to conduct a fresh probe into the riots and reopened cases against the accused.
"Dozens of accused were sentenced by the court, thanks to the probe," Nitish Kumar said.
Stressing that the BJP government in Gujarat was solely responsible for the 2002 riots, he said: "It was the failure of the state government to check and control the riots in which hundreds of people were killed."
Nitish Kumar said his party JD-U was likely to ally with the Left parties to fight against the Congress and the BJP-led alliances.
Congress equally responsible for 1984,1989 riots: Nitish Kumar
Patna: The Congress was responsible for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and the 1989 riots in Bhagalpur, while the BJP is to be blamed for the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
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