Surat : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said he will do everything possible to bring back the famed sword of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji from United Kingdom.
"I will bring back the ‘Bhawani’ sword of Chhatrapati Shivaji from Britain in the same way I brought the ashes of Shamji Krishna Varma ( a freedom fighter from Gujarat)", Modi said while addressing a large gathering at the Samast Maharashtrian Mahasammelan organised in Limbayat area of the city, housing a populace of three lakh Marathi-speaking people.
"The government at the Centre cannot bring it back but I will do everything possible to bring back the sword," Modi said taking a dig at the UPA government at the Centre.
Modi had in 2003 brought back the ashes of Shyamji Krishna Varma from Switzerland.
Commenting on the Sheikh Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, Modi said "both Congress and the media has raked up the entire issue. But I will not allow any terrorist to set foot in my state."
"The Central government does not have the guts to fight terrorists", Modi said adding terrorist groups were behind all the bomb attacks in the country in the past few years.
