"He has been accusing us for delay in containing the violence. He forgot that when he was the home minister and the deputy prime minister, Godhra riots took place in Gujarat," Gogoi told reporters here.
"He forgot how long those riots continued. They started in February 2002 and continued till mid-June," he said.
He said Advani had praised Modi though over 1,000 people died in the 2002 riots.
"He is not blaming Narendra Modi...Here we contained the violence within four days. Even then he found fault with us...It appears that he wants to play politics, a divisive role and communal politics," the chief minister said.
Advani had yesterday said the government's "inaction" in dealing with the problem of infiltrators has resulted in indigenous communities feeling threatened.
"Today's situation has arisen firstly because of criminal delay in dealing with the situation when symptoms were already there," he had said.
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On Advani's comment that Assam could turn into another Kashmir, Gogoi said, "Assam will never turn into Kashmir. In Assam, all Indian citizens will stay and nobody will leave."
The chief minister said there was no hand of illegal immigrants in the violence and asked the BJP to prove its claim.
"The incidents were not a handiwork of illegal migrants ...I can prove that... Let them also prove it," he said. MORE