New Delhi : Narendra Modi 's remark that he would like to "repay his debt to Mother India", being read as the clearest indication yet of the Gujarat Chief Minister's interest in running for Prime Minister, has set the cat among the pigeons. The Congress has reacted sharply, ally JD(U) too. The ruling party's Manish Tiwari, on April 5 said, "I often worry about the statements of the Chief Minister of Gujarat. I hope he does not want to do in the rest of India, in other parts of India, what he did in Gujarat in 2002." Mr Modi was in office when Gujarat was ravaged by communal riots in 2002, in which more than a thousand Muslims were killed. The Congress accuses Mr Modi of looking the other way and alleges that his secular credentials are questionable. The BJP's counter was swift. Its Prakash Javadekar said Mr Tiwari's comment betrayed his party's "exasperation and desperation." The BJP holds that the government is tr...