Narendra Modi’s Podcast with Nikhil Kamath: PM Opens Up on Godhra Riots, Says ‘I Felt Everything’
PM Modi made his first podcast appearance on Friday, wherein he spoke on many sensitive and controversial issues.

Narendra Modi’s Podcast with Nikhil Kamath: PM Modi made his first podcast appearance on Friday, wherein he spoke on many sensitive and controversial issues, such as the Godhra riots of 2002, and his denial of a visa to the US in 2005.
In a conversation hosted by entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath, PM Modi stated that former Gujarat chief minister was emotionally quite affected after he saw "that painful scene", yet controlled his emotions due to the fact that he was chief minister of the state.
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"On February 24, 2002, I became MLA for the first time, and on February 27, I went to the assembly. I was a three-day-old MLA when such an incident happened in Godhra. We first received reports of fire in a train, then gradually we received reports of casualties. I was in the House, and I was concerned. As soon as I came out, I said I wanted to visit Godhra... There was only one helicopter...I guess it was ONGC's, but they said that since it is a single-engine chopper, they cannot allow a VIP on it. We argued, and I said that I would be responsible for whatever happened," PM Modi said.
He said that he saw some very painful scenes of dead bodies when he reached Godhra.
"I reached Godhra, and I witnessed that painful scene, those dead bodies... I felt everything, but I knew that I was sitting in a position where I would have to stay out of my emotions and natural tendencies. I did whatever I could to control myself," he told Kamath.
What did PM Modi say about how the US denied him a visa?
Just like that, PMModi also remembered the denial of visa by the United States when he was CM of Gujarat.
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"I was the MLA when the American government refused to give me a visa. As an individual, going to America was not a big thing, I had visited before also, but I felt the disrespect of an elected government and the country, and there was a dilemma in my mind as to what was happening... That day, I held a press conference, where I said that the American government had rejected my visa. I also said that I see India, where the world will stand in the queue for visas. This is my statement in 2005 and today we are standing in 2025. So, I can see that now, the time belongs to India," he added.
Indian PM Modi stated that because India does not practice duplicity in international relations, therefore the world trusts India.
"The world trusts us, because there is no duplicity in us, whatever we say we say clearly. Even in these times of crisis, we have repeatedly said that we are not neutral. I am in favour of peace, and I will support whatever efforts are made towards it. I tell this to Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Palestine and Israel. They have faith in me, that what I am saying is right," he added.
"When I became the PM in 2014, leaders from across the world made courtesy calls... Chinese President Xi also made a courtesy call in which he said that he wants to come to India. I said: 'You are welcome, you must visit'. He said 'I want to visit Gujarat, your village Vadnagar... you know why? You and I share a special bond'... He said Chinese philosopher Hiuen Tsang resided the longest in your village and when he returned to China, he resided in 'my village," he told the Zerodha founder.
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