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ISI planned attacks in Gujarat: K P S Gill

"I had definite information about the ISI response to the communal riots. It was in the form of ordering the Kashmiri militants to sneak into the state and launch terrorist assaults, including serial blasts. The threat still persists," Gill, who had a short stint as security advisor to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, said.

He said his own apprehension was that the state had become a fertile land for backlash. But it turned out to be a wrong assessment, as the minority community refused to be swayed by provocations from certain sections, Gill said after releasing Inside Al-Qaeda, a book written by eminent strategist Rohan Gunaratna.

"The response of a large section of minority [community] was mature. They shunned violence, which is contrary to what would have happened in some other parts of the country," he said.

On the Election Commission's refusal to announce early polls in Gujarat and the Centre's decision to refer the matter to the Supreme Court, he said, "I feel elections would solve many a problems."

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