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Reacting sharply over the Sadhvi Pragya Thakur’s reported comments, the Congress party said it is a perfect representation of the ruling party’s “deplorable hate politics”. Sadhvi made some remarks on Nathuram Godse in Lok Sabha which was later expunged from the proceeding of the House by the speaker.
“Repeatedly referring to Nathuram Godse as a ‘Desh bhakti’ is a perfect representation of the BJP’s deplorable hate politics. Will PM Modi condemns Pragya Thakur’s remarks or continue to stay silent?” the party said on its official Twitter handle.
The party said that Modi’s “inaction” against Thakur proves his latent support to “Godse’s sinister thought”. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath asked the BJP to take action against Thakur, saying he will never forgive the Bhopal BJP MP for terming Gandhi’s assassin “a patriot”.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury tweeted, “Today, received an invite to a meeting of the National Committee on 19/12 on the observation of the Mahatma’s 150 years. A BJP MP in Parliament reiterated how this should be done by hailing Godse. Her views are abominable. Can she remain a BJP MP?”
“Godse in India and Gandhi to the rest of the world. This forked tongue of the RSS/BJP and its normalisation of terror cannot go on. Godse was a terrorist who murdered Gandhi,” Yechury said in another tweet.
CPI general secretary D Raja said Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah should clarify if they endorse Thakur’s remarks.
This is not the first time Thakur has referred to Godse as a patriot. The Malegaon blast accused had landed in hot water in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections when she called Godse a “true patriot” during a roadshow in Madhya Pradesh. “Nathuram Godseji deshbhakt the, hai, aur rahenge. Unko aatankwadi kahne wale log swayam ki gireban me jhaank kar dekhe. Chunav mein aise logon ko jawab de diya jayega. (Nathuram Godse was a patriot, is a patriot, and will remain a patriot those who call him a terrorist should look within they will get a reply in this election),” she had said.