Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who has been clamouring for early polls following attack against him for riots said the ensuing elections have come "at an opportune time" to show people's resolve to fight terrorism and the campaign of "pseudo secularists".

"Five crore people of Gujarat have the right to decide the future of the state. The right to elect their own government has come at an opportune time," Modi said in his two-page message on the eve of Diwali and the New Year.

Not drifting away from his usual pet subjects of Pak-sponsored terrorism and the campaign of "pseudo secularists", he exhorted the masses to quell "Pak-sponsored" terrorism through a blend of social unity, peace and equality.

Keeping in pace with diatribe against Pakistan, Modi said, "We would accept any challenge thrown to us and rival country will be denied any success in their malafide intentions."

Taking a usual dig at the "power-hungry elements", "pseudo-secularists" and "extremists", he said, "All attempts by such elements to malign the state through false propaganda, undemocratic, negative and destructive statements have failed to suppress the inner voice and unity of five crore people."

Sticking to his old gun that it was the torching of innocent kar sevaks in Godhra on February 28 that triggered communal violence, he said, "Instead of nursing the wounds of people, such anti-Gujarat elements only tried to tarnish the image of the state in the entire world."

Referring to the Akshardham attack, he said it has shocked the entire humanity across the globe.

PTI