By Tejash Modi, Surat, 20 October, 2011

A section of media today afternoon published a news story that during his Sadbhavana fast in Navsari, Gujarat Chief Minister today refused to receive a scarf from Muslim old-man.

Media picked up a moment from the day-long fast and made a story, however speaking to the media persons later in the evening, a Muslim old-man Mehmood Mohammad Fariya of Jalalpur taluka’s Dabhel Simlak village clarified that he was misunderstood and was not offering his scarf to Mr. Modi.

A video on this trivial episode is presented above.

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