Nathuram Godse Was a Patriot and Will Be a Patriot: Pragya Singh Thakur

In the light of BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse on Thursday, the Left parties have sounded alert that her announcement is just intended to additionally captivate the voters.

Crusading for her party candidate in Agar Malwa in Madhya Pradesh, Ms. Thakur named Godse a loyalist. "Nathuram Godse Ekdeshbhakt the Hain Aurrahenge [Nathuram Godse was a nationalist, is a loyalist and will dependably be one]," she said.

Ms. Thakur was responding to MakkalNeedhiMaiyam founder Kamal Hassan’s discourse at an ongoing poll rally in Tamil Nadu when he said the main terrorist in free India was a Hindu and his name was Nathuram Godse.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury told that "They are attempting to make a hair-part qualification between a terrorist and assassin. The fact of the matter isn't the phrasing. The reality remains an aficionado Hindu killed the Mahatma, which was the primary demonstration of political homicide post freedom."

The Communist Party of India too kept up that the certainties ought to be remembered despite such talk. Its chief D. Raja stated, "Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated and the episode was a well-arranged one to spread scorn, make dread and to convey a message. This assassination was completed by Nathuram Godse."