New Delhi: The Congress on Friday slammed the BJP over its leaders making controversial remarks on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, saying the Modi-Shah duo uses Gandhi for propaganda, but is “Godsewadi” in beliefs.
The Pandora’s box opened on Thursday with BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur lauding Godse as a “patriot” and issuing an apology hours later, saying she respected Gandhi and his work for the country cannot be forgotten.
“No matter how much Modi ji tried to hide Godse’s violent mask with Gandhi ji spectacles, but Mahatma Gandhi had said ‘I believe and it has been my experience of many times that no matter how much a person calls himself able but his hidden bad deeds do come to the fore’,” Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said. Earlier, Congress leader Kapil Sibal questioned PM Modi’s silence on Thakur’s remarks describing Godse as a “patriot”.
In a tweet, Sibal said, “When Sadhvi Pragya says: ‘Godse a Deshbakht’ and Modi is silent with Vidyasagar’s statue a victim of the violent I can only pray for my country and hope that one day the silent majority will keep violence at bay (sic)”. Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah also condemned Thakur’s remarks and said Godse was inspired by RSS ideology.
Godse was inspired by Sangh Pariwar’s ideology & so is Pragya. Former killed our Mahatma & the latter killed Mahatma’s children. Pragya who calls Godse a patriot is endorsed by @narendramodi Is this the sign of an attempt to proliferate Sangh’s hatred based ideology,” he tweeted.
