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| PM doesn't value Gujarat but UK |
| PM doesn't value Gujarat but UK does: Narendra Modi
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| INDIA
, 11-October-2012
10:15:56 AM |
| Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, working towards an election at the end of this year, today welcomed on Twitter the United Kingdom's decision to engage with Gujarat for business and investment opportunity.
"Der Aaye Durusta Aaye," Mr Modi tweeted, meaning better late than never, ending it with "God is great". So far, the UK has no senior officials in Gandhinagar, even though it was upgrading official contacts in other states. Later in the day, he tweeted, "Getting many messages of pride & joy from Indian diaspora, especially Gujaratis in London & all over the world. Thanks for your affection!"
At a rally in the evening, Mr Modi told an applauding audience, "Today the British have understood the value of Gujarat. Whether the PM has understood or not, the UK has. Gujarat and Europe will work together and prosper."
In a release the UK's foreign office said, "(The UK government's decision) will allow us to discuss a wide range of issues of mutual interest and to explore opportunities for closer cooperation". The British High Commissioner to India has also been asked to meet Mr Modi in Gandhinagar.
The UK's decision to expand its presence in Gujarat will be seen as major diplomatic coup by Mr Modi, who has been isolated internationally after the 2002 riots. The US still doesn't grant a visa to Mr Modi.
A spokesperson of the UK foreign office told NDTV in London that the decision to engage more closely with Gujarat came "in view of the progress made with (riots) cases pending in the courts". Former Gujarat minister and close aide of Mr Modi, Maya Kodnani, was recently jailed for 28 years for her role in instigating the riots in the Naroda Patiya locality of Ahmedabad, in which more than 90 people died. The spokesperson however declined to comment on any travel ban to the UK on Mr Modi.
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