BJP MP PRAGYA THAKUR likely to be removed from parliament defence panel in which she was nominated as member . MP Pragya Thakur again referred to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “deshbhakt” (patriot) during a debate in the Lok Sabha yesterday.
Meanwhile Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that the BJP condemns any philosophy which describes Nathuram Godse as a patriot.
He also said that Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy was and remains relevant today and described him as a guide (marg darshak).
Yesterday Thakur made the comment after interrupting DMK MP A Raja who was citing a statement by Godse on why he killed Gandhi, during a discussion on the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill. “You cannot give example of a deshbhakt,” Thakur told Raja.
Raja said Godse himself admitted that he had nursed a grudge against Gandhi for 32 years before finally deciding to assassinate him. Godse, Raja said, killed Gandhi because he believed in a particular philosophy.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi later said Thakur has explained to the party that she did not support Godse and was only speaking about revolutionary Udham Singh.
“According to Pragya Thakur, she has not said anything about or supported Nathuram Godse, she was only talking about Udham Singh, the revolutionary who killed General Dyer,” said Joshi, adding that when the MP was speaking during the debate, the microphone was not on and it cannot be taken on record.
