Glorifying Godse will bring bad name to Hindutva, says RSS leader

November 16, 2015 09:21

The BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh strongly expressed their disapproval today as a fringe group commemorated the 66th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse and launched a website on his life.

"I do not know which organisation is glorifying him (Godse). But I believe that to glorify him is wrong," said senior RSS ideologue MG Vaidya said. "Some people say it (glorifying Godse) will bring pride to Hindutva. No. It will bring a bad name to Hindutva... I can even say, Hindutva has suffered due to the assassination of Gandhi," he said in an apparent reference to the programme by the fringe group Hindu Mahasabha.

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