I must have touched a raw nerve with Modi: Karan Thapar

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Keywords: Karan Thapar, Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi walked out of an exclusive interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate, because he was questioned about Godhra. Narendra Modi walked out of the interview less than five minutes after it started in Gandhinagar on Friday.

“You came here. I am happy and thankful to you. I can't do this interview. It's okay, your things are. Apne ideas hain aap bolte rahiye aap karte rahiye. Three - four questions I've already enjoyed. Nahin please,” said Modi, five minutes into the interview.

Responding to Modi’s reaction to his questions, Karan Thapar said he wasn’t too sure of what put Modi off enough to end the interview.

“I actually don’t know why Modi stopped the interview. I wasn’t rude or aggressive in my tone. It seemed like it could be an opportunity for him to lay to rest the ghost that has been troubling him for five, possibly six years. But all I can guess it that either I touched a sensitive point, a raw nerve or I worried him of what was to follow and he anticipated a bigger problem," Karan Thapar said on CNN-IBN.

"The reaction was hugely disproportionate to what I had asked. My intention was to also ask him about trouble he was having within his party, the dissent, Keshubhai Patel in particular, his achievements and the criticism his own MLAs make of them. Those are things I think he would want to talk about. I spent over an hour persuading him to come back and be sensible but simply he didn’t agree,” he added.