Hindu Mahasabha on Tuesday organised a function in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to commemorate the 111st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse. The event triggered an attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government by the opposition Congress.
Condemning the celebration of Nathuram Godse’s birth anniversary, Congress said the event was allowed to take place only because a BJP government was in power in the state.
To commemorate the birth anniversary of Nathuram Godse, a function was organised at the local office of the Hindu Mahasabha in Gwalior while the city is in lockdown. A total of 111 lamps were lit in the office to coincide with Godse’s 111th birth anniversary.
National vice president of the Mahasabha Dr Jaiveer Bharadwaj said nearly 3,000 workers of the party lit lamps in their houses on Tuesday for the same reason. He also called Nathuram Godse a “patriot”.
The incident led to an attack by the Congress on the ruling BJP.
“The organisers of such events get strength from the fact that there is a BJP government in power in Madhya Pradesh,” Congress spokesperson Durgesh Sharma said.
Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, through a series of tweets, termed the celebration as “unfortunate”.
“To celebrate Nathuram Godse’s birthday, to glorify him and light lamps on his photo is very unfortunate. There is a lockdown in place in the state which prohibits holding of any functions but the organization of Godse’s birthday suggests a failure of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government. When the Congress was in government, it had acted against organizers of such events strongly. Shivraj government should specify whether it stands for Godse or Gandhi’s ideology,” Kamal Nath tweeted.
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