gandhinagar even as harping on his wellknown phrase appeasement of none development for all chief minister narendra modi on wednesday told a gathering of bjp muslim cadres in gandhinagar that the minorities have seen allround development in the state under his government while not recalling the 2002 riots even once modi read out statistics to prove how the muslims in the state were on fast pace of development compared to what was the case earlier called by the state bjps minority cell modi told the 200odd gathering many of whom had put on saffron scarves that recent local body electoral victories of the bjp suggest the muslims had realized that things were changing for the better under his regime we made major inroads in one of the bastions a very senior congress leader in ankaleshwar taluka he said referring to a recent bypoll victory in the south gujarat taluka where from sonia gandhis political advisor ahmed patel hails modi told the meeting which took place in the presence of allindia bjp leader mukhtar abbas naqvi that in bharuch district today 25 per cent of all transport business is under muslim control reading out from a piece of paper handed over to him he added muslims have been the net gainers from 30 per cent of all real estate deals in district and 47 per cent of all nonagricultural na permissions have been granted to muslims in the district ankaleshwar is part of bharuch district modi further said at the last rannotsav which is a tourist event each winter rs 2 crore worth of handicrafts were on display for sale eighty per cent of what was displayed was made by muslim women we never asked where from the art pieces had come he said even as taking issue with those who criticize him for failing to implement the central directions on prematric scholarship to muslim children we have given way prematric scholarship worth rs 63 lakh he said asking muslim bjp cadres to go to the minority areas and convince everyone that under him the minorities are safe modi however made no assurance on whether he would give ticket to any muslim at the forthcoming polls last time a muslim was given bjp ticket was in the 1998 assembly elections by excm keshubhai patel to ghani kureshi to fight from vagra in bharuch district kureshi lost the election to congress iqbal patel talking with newspersons on the sidelines of the meeting naqvi said he hoped the bjp will field some muslim candidates in the forthcoming assembly elections in gujarat