On the day the nation celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s dying anniversary, the Hindu Mahasabha on Sunday paid tribute to his murderer Nathuram Godse and Gandhi assassination co-accused Narayan Apte by celebrating “Godse-Apte Memorial Day” in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. ,
The right-wing group additionally awarded the “Godse-Apte Bharat Ratna” in Gwalior to jailed spiritual chief Kalicharan Maharaj, who was arrested final December for allegedly making derogatory remarks in opposition to the Mahatma throughout a Dharma Sansad held in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur. was performed, and the 4 leaders of the General Assembly.
“We carried out ‘Aarti’ of Bharat Mata, with a resolve to make India an ‘Akhand Bharat’ with Pakistan. We rejoice ‘Godse Apte Memorial Day’ on 30 January to specific our anger over her arrest on 30 January 1948. Hindu Mahasabha nationwide vice-president Jaiveer Bhardwaj instructed PTI over telephone from Gwalior.
The nation on Sunday paid tribute to the Father of the Nation on his 74th dying anniversary.
Bharadwaj stated the Mahasabha has honored Kalicharan Maharaj and 4 leaders of Hindu Mahasabha with the “Godse-Apte Bharat Ratna” in Gwalior.
“Since Kalicharan Maharaj is in jail, Pramod Lohapatre received the respect on his behalf,” Bharadwaj stated.
He blamed Mahatma Gandhi for the partition of India in 1947, which he stated led to the killing and displacement of hundreds of thousands of Hindus.
Speaking to reporters after attending this system on the Mahasabha’s workplace in Daulatganj space of Gwalior, Bhardwaj claimed that the Hindu Mahasabha has made an enormous contribution to the liberty wrestle.
He stated, “People should not be misled to believe that India got independence because of the charkha (spinning wheel popularized by Mahatma Gandhi).”
Bhardwaj alleged that the Congress and the BJP didn’t inform individuals in regards to the sacrifices of saints and “seven lakh people who lost their lives during the freedom struggle”.
He stated that the Mahasabha pays tribute and respect to all of the revolutionaries. Last November, the Hindu Mahasabha stated it will sculpt a statue of Nathuram Godse utilizing clay introduced from Haryana’s Ambala Central Jail, the place he was hanged in 1949.
In November 2017, the Gwalior district authorities confiscated Godse’s statue, thwarting a right-wing group’s try to convert Godse’s workplace right into a ‘temple’ of Godse.
Asked in regards to the Mahasabha conferring “Godse Apte Bharat Ratna” on Kalicharan and others, Madhya Pradesh BJP President VD Sharma stated it was the present BJP authorities on the Center that took Mahatma Gandhi’s work to the individuals.
“There is a process of conferring the ‘Bharat Ratna’ (highest civilian honor in India) by the Centre. This cannot be given to anyone standing on the road,” he stated, including that there’s freedom of expression within the nation.
On 19 January, Thane police in Maharashtra arrested Kalicharan from Chhattisgarh in a case registered in opposition to him in Thane for allegedly making derogatory remarks in opposition to Mahatma Gandhi.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
