'Absolutely right thing' done in 2002, Narendra Modi

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief Narendra Modi quoted saying, he had done "absolutely right thing" in 2002 when the state was hit by riots and that an SIT set up by the Supreme Court had given him a "thoroughly clean chit".

On an interview to Reuters at his official residence in Gandhinagar, the first since he was appointed the chief of BJP's election campaign committee in June, Modi was asked if it was frustrating when many people define him by 2002.

He responded by saying that he would feel guilty if he had done something wrong. "Everyone has their own view. Frustration comes when you think 'I got caught. I was stealing and I got caught.' That's not my case."

Asked if he regretted what had happened, the Gujarat strongman was quoted by Reuters as saying that the Supreme Court had created a Special Investigating Team which in its report had given him a "a thoroughly clean chit".

Narendra Modi described himself as a "Hindu nationalist" because he was a born Hindu. "I am nationalist. I'm patriotic. Nothing is wrong. I am born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So I'm a Hindu nationalist. So yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I'm a born Hindu," he told the Reuters news agency.