[In 2001, Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat
due to Keshubhai Patel's failing health and poor public
image following the earthquake in Bhuj that year,
and Modi was elected to the legislative assembly
soon after.
His administration is considered to
have been complicit in the 2002 Gujarat riots,
Officially, 1,000 people were killed,
three-quarters Muslim;
independent sources
put the death toll at 2,000, mainly Muslim]
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