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PTI | 07:01 PM,Jan 20,2012A former BJP leader Nalin Bhatt was detained from his A former BJP leader Nalin Bhatt was detained from his house in Vadodara early this morning, as he had planned to take out a rally in Godhra against Modi. As many as 59 persons, mostly karsevaks, were killed when the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express train was burnt near Godhra Railway station on February 27, 2002 triggering the worst-ever riots in Gujarat claiming the lives of 1,500 persons. Godhra was transformed virtually into a police base camp ahead of the fast. Over 1,600 policemen were deployed along with 50 specially trained Chetak commandos and other unarmed jawans across the town. The turnout of people from minority community at Modi's fast venue at the SRP ground here was below the expectations of local BJP leaders. Panchmahal district BJP President Jayprakash Patel had said he expected a huge turnout from the minority community in this town. Few members of the minority community were seen at the venue while couple of religious priests from the community like Gachis and Bohars sat on the stage besides Modi. Modi arrived at the fast venue here at 11 AM where he was greeted by his cabinet colleagues, local MPs and MLAs, besides BJP leaders and priests of various religions. PTI PB PD GSN
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