"When my mother died I felt I won't be able to live but I am alive today, even my father died long back. Should I cry till now? No one can justify that (the riots). It should
never happen. I am sure Mr Modi has learnt the lesson and that no one will die in his regime," Salim, father of superstar Salman Khan, said.
"The Muslims find themselves safe in this country. They only need basic amenities, job, education, food," he said.
"No party is secular, people are secular. I am secular. In my family, there are people following different religions. For me all religions are one," he said.
Salim, a Muslim, is married to Sushila, a Maharashtrian Hindu, and yester year Bollywood actress Helen, daughter of an Anglo Indian father and Burmese mother.
Salman Khan had recently visited Gujarat to promote his film 'Jai Ho' and met Modi. The two appeared to have hit it off well as the national television showed them flying kites after savoring a Gujarati lunch, but Salman had steered clear of publicly endorsing Modi as future PM.
