Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: IBNLive.com
Date: September 18, 2011
URL: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/modi-supporters-hold-fast-in-cities-across-us/185161-2.html
In support of the three-day fast undertaken
by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for peace and communal harmony, members
of Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) held fast in more than a dozen cities across
the United States.
The fast in support of Modi were held in New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, Atlanta, St Louis, Chicago,
Kentucky, Minnesota, Florida, Texas and California, OFBJP said in a statement.
OFBJP congratulates Modi for demonstrating
remarkable patience, fortitude and determination in the midst of numerous
false allegations, fabricated cases and frivolous legal issues, it said.
"Even in these trying circumstances,
Modi continued to work tirelessly and selflessly and has been discharging
his constitutional duties to bring all round development and progress to the
State of Gujarat; so much so that it has now become a model of development
not only in India but in the entire world," said New Jersey-based Jayesh
Patel, OFBJP president elect.
Maryland-based Adapa Prasad, OFBJP president
alleged that Congress party and foreign sources had been levying baseless
allegations against Modi for the last nine years.
"His vision and good governance has been
appreciated by prominent industrialists, celebrities, and intellectuals",
Prasad said.
The latest US Congressional report on Modi
is an unbiased testimony to the facts on the ground.
"Gujarat under the leadership of Modi
has become the growth engine for real growth in India," said Florida-based
Chandrakant Patel, organising secretary of OFBJP.
