In the controversy over comments by BJP leaders glorifying Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, including by Pragya Singh Thakur who called him a “deshbhakt (patriot)”, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi told television channel News24, “I will never be able to forgive them for insulting Bapu.”
On Thursday, Pragya Thakur had said, “Nathuram Godse was a deshbhakt (patriot), is a ‘deshbhakt’ and will remain a ‘deshbhakt’. People calling him a terrorist should instead look within, such people will be given a fitting reply in the election.”
This was followed by more comments from three more leaders, Anant Kumar Hegde, Nalin Kumar Kateel and Anil Saumitra.
गांधी जी या गोडसे के बारे में जो बयान दिए गए हैं वो बहुत ख़राब है और समाज के लिए बहुत गलत हैं।
ये अलग बात है की उन्होंने माफ़ी मांग ली, लेकिन मैं उन्हें मन से कभी माफ़ नहीं कर पाऊंगा: पीएम मोदी #DeshKaGauravModi
— BJP (@BJP4India) May 17, 2019
The BJP tweeted Modi as saying, “the comments on Gandhi and Godse are deplorable, disgusting and are not language fit for civilised society. Those who say such things should think 100 times. It is a different issue that they have apologized, but I will not be able to forgive them from my heart.”
Amit Shah has asked the party’s disciplinary committee to submit a report on the issue in 10 days for further action.
