Mumbai: Congress leader Kapil Sibal questioned PM Modi’s silence on BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya’s remarks describing Nathuram Godse as a “patriot”.
Bhaskar Lok Sabha candidate of BJP and Malegaon blast accused Thakur on Thursday alleged that Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse was called “patriot”, who expressed his displeasure with the opposition.
In a tweet, Sibal tweeted, “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”.
https://twitter.com/KapilSibal/status/1129218547631050752
Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah also condemned Thakur’s remark and said that 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.
https://twitter.com/siddaramaiah/status/1129245886763098118
