Don't use Godse as a publicity tool: Tushar Gandhi

February 01, 2015 20:11

Criticising those 'glorifying' Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson Tushar Gandhi has said people who know little about the Mahatma's assassin were using him as a 'tool' to build an image.

"People used Bapu as a means for their publicity. Now don't use Godse for it.... First understand Godse. How much do the people who are praising Godse know about him. Are they using Godse as a ladder to build a certain image," he told PTI.

Asked about attempts by a right wing Hindu organisation of Uttar Pradesh to build a temple dedicated to Godse,55-year- old Tushar said, "The society has room for all thoughts. Like we believe in Bapu and his idealogy of non-violence, the others who have faith in hatred and enmity too have the freedom to do so. The society should be left to choose the principles it wants to follow."

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