Called Udham Singh deshbhakt, not Godse: Pragya

November 28, 2019 13:03

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur tweets over her reported remark in Parliament yesterday, referring to Nathuram Godse as a 'deshbhakt'. She says that she was misquoted and that she was referring to freedom fighter Udham Singh.

Singh was a revolutionary and is known for assassinating Michael O' Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in March 1940, in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919.

The BJP got into damage control with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh saying there was no question of the party calling Godse "deshbhakt" (patriot) and added that they totally condemn such thinking.

Rajnath made the remarks in Lok Sabha after opposition members protested over Thakur's remarks. The issue was raised by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury soon after the House met for the day. He said that the assassin had been referred to as a patriot in the House.

Chowdhury was joined by other opposition members including AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi. The Speaker said that Thakur's remarks had been expunged from the records and there cannot be a debate on an issue that is not on record.

As the opposition members continued to raise the issue, Rajnath Singh said Mahatma Gandhi was a guiding light for the party. "If someone considers Nathuram Godse as a 'deshbhakt', then our party condemns it. As for Mahatama Gandhi, he is our idol. He is our guiding light and will remain so. His thinking is relevant today and will continue to be so in the future," he said.

Pragya Thakur has been axed from the Consultative Committee on Defence and she can't attend BJP parliamentary party meetings as well.

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