Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today said the state could become a model state in India in terms of development due to the communal harmony prevailing for the last 13-14 years.

The state had witnessed major riots in 2002 after Godhra train-burning incident. Patel today inaugurated 'Vasant-Rajab Friendship Memorial' on the premises of city crime branch office in Gaekwad Haveli area here. "I remember the past incidents of communal violence in Ahmedabad.