Nathuram Godse

The Hindu Mahasabha said in a statement, that it will be making a statue of Nathuram Godse from the soil brought from Ambala Central Jail, where the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi was hanged. Besides, Mahasabha activists have already installed the statue of Godse and Apte at 'Balidan Dham' in Uttar Pradesh. "Statues of Godse and Apte will be installed at the Mahasabha’s office in Gwalior", said President of Hindu Mahasabha. 

Sparking a controversy, BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has once again called the Mahatma Gandhi's assasin, Nathuram Godse, as "a patriot". The Malegoan blast accused, Pragya, was reacting to Digvijaya Singh's remarks, in which he asked Godse supporters to "have some shame". The BJP MP had earlier termed Godse as "patriot" in the Parliament as well, for which she faced severe criticism and had to apologize. 

In a contentious move to portray Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a "nationalist", the Hindu Mahasabha on January 10 opened a library for him. Inaugurated on Vishwa Hindi Diwas, the Godse Gyan Shala in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior contains Nathuram’s speeches/articles, and study on how he planned the assassination. While the Mahasabha’s vice-president Jaiveer Bharadwaj said Godse "stood and died for an undivided India", MP’s protem-… read-more