"There have been 30,000 communal riots since independence in which thousands of innocent people have been killed. Most of them took place under Congress regimes. The communal riot in Gujarat was unfortunate ... but from 2002 to 2014 there has not been any communal riot or tension. The average Muslim in Gujarat is better off. In comparison with other Muslim areas in India, Muslims in Gujarat are richer. We hope this time large numbers of Muslims will vote positively for the BJP," he said.