Andy Marino's book, "Narendra Modi; A Political Biography" was released last month.
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Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, says the leader was not reluctant to discuss the 2002 riots in his home state of Gujarat, where he is still chief minister.
"By the time we got to the riots, it just arose naturally, and there was no pause at all. He was happy to talk about it in as much detail as I wanted and to whatever length I wanted," Andy Marino told the New York Times.
(Read: For British Biographer, Modi Was Only a Phone Call Away) Mr Marino's book, "Narendra Modi; A Political Biography" was released last month at a time when opinion polls are forecasting that he will lead his party to its best electoral performance ever.
In the book "Narendra Modi; A Political Biography", published by Harper Collins, the BJP leader says of the riots, which left more than 1,000 people dead, most of them Muslims, "I feel sad about what happened but no guilt. And no court has come even close to establishing it."
A Supreme Court inquiry concluded as baseless the allegations that Mr Modi, as chief minister, fuelled the violence - a charge levelled at him by his detractors. A Gujarat court has upheld the Supreme Court report.
When asked by the New York Times about how Mr Morino, a British actor and TV producer, managed access to Mr Modi, the biographer responded,"He is a very personable, open guy. Modi has given his number to ordinary voters, and they've called, and they've been put through. Or he has called back in an hour."
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