New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday condemned Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her statement on Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and said that she will be removed from the consultative committee on defence.
BJP’s working president JP Nadda said: “We have decided that Pragya Singh Thakur will be removed from the consultative committee of defence, and in this session, she will not be allowed to participate in the parliamentary party meetings. The party never supports such statements or ideology.”
Pragya on Wednesday triggered a massive controversy when she hailed Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse in Lok Sabha. Soon opposition MPs protested against her remark saying she represent’s BJP’s hate politics.
Pragya was included in the defence panel on November 23, triggering a massive protest even then.a
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said there is no question of calling Godse a “patriot”, and BJP even rejects such thinking.
The Defence Minister clarified in the Lok Sabha that Gandhi was the ideal then and will continue to be regarded so in the future as well.
“There is no question of calling Nathu Ram Godse a patriot. We even reject such thinking if anyone pursues it. Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals would always be appreciable. His thinking was highly regarded at that time and it is still honoured. His thinking would also be ideal in the coming future too,” Singh said.
The Minister said that Gandhi was “our Path Pradarshak (guiding light) in the past and he will be a Path Pradarshak in future”.
Rajnath Singh’s response came after Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised Sadhvi Pragya Takhur’s remark soon after the House assembled for the day.
After the Minister’s response though Congress staged a walkout from the House.
Chowdhury said it is very “condemnable if any person calls Mahatma Gandhi’s killer a patriot”.