BJP leader calls Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse a patriot, retracts after row
- 5 years ago
Amid reports of a controversial ceremony organised by the right-wing groups in Maharashtra on Thursday to honour Mahatma Gandhi's killer, Nathuram Godse, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj said, "Godse was a nationalist. Gandhiji also did a lot for the nation."
As a row emerged, the BJP leader quickly backtracked. "If I said something by mistake I take it back. I don't consider Nathuram Godse a patriot," Maharaj said.
In October this year, a Malayalam mouthpiece of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh had said that Nathuram Godse should have killed former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and not Gandhi. "Godse was much better than Nehru - he pulled the trigger on Gandhiji's chest after a respectful bow. But Nehru stabbed him from behind and greeted him from front," the editorial said.
Godse was a member of the RSS. The article also argued that the RSS had nothing to do with Gandhi's assassination on January 30, 1948.
The Malayam piece had appeared even as the BJP was making its best efforts to appropriate Gandhi for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan. Gandhi's iconic glasses serve as the logo of the nationwide movement.
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As a row emerged, the BJP leader quickly backtracked. "If I said something by mistake I take it back. I don't consider Nathuram Godse a patriot," Maharaj said.
In October this year, a Malayalam mouthpiece of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh had said that Nathuram Godse should have killed former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and not Gandhi. "Godse was much better than Nehru - he pulled the trigger on Gandhiji's chest after a respectful bow. But Nehru stabbed him from behind and greeted him from front," the editorial said.
Godse was a member of the RSS. The article also argued that the RSS had nothing to do with Gandhi's assassination on January 30, 1948.
The Malayam piece had appeared even as the BJP was making its best efforts to appropriate Gandhi for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan. Gandhi's iconic glasses serve as the logo of the nationwide movement.
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