Someone told me about it few days back and I was quite surprised. Lets see how many of you know about it.
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Nana Godse read out from his uncle’s will:
**“Till the day the Indus does not flow in Hindustan, my ashes shall remain like this and the day the Indus flows in Hindustan again, that day my ashes will be submerged in its waters”. **
Nathuram’s ideology lives on in Godse cult
Godse was a close associate of V D Savarkar of the Hindu Mahasabha and author of Hindutva, and always claimed that in shooting Gandhi, he had acted out of love for ‘akhand Bharat’ or undivided India. Godse hated the Congress and hated the Partition of India. Above all, he detested Gandhi - the so-called saint who had let his country be divided.
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“Everyday of Gandhi’s life was harmful to India. He was an impediment that had to be removed,” said Gopal Godse, who spent 14 years in jail for his role in the conspiracy.
Still an angry man, he continued: “Yes, he’s the Father of the Nation. But which nation? We hold him responsible for Partition. It is like child birth and delivery—when he takes credit for freedom, he should take the blame for Partition. One couldn’t have been there without the other.”
Still Pursuing The Nathuram Dream | Lekha Rattanani
For others, any association with the name of Nathuram Godse has created problems. In 1991, Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray drew flak when he declared his admiration for Nathuram Godse at a Pune election rally, for the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate Anna Joshi. BJP leaders promptly disassociated themselves from the statement. In an earlier election, Sharad Pawar had found Nathuram Godse an useful weapon against the saffron combine when he coined the phrase “Otath Ram, potath Nathuram” (Ram on their lips and Nathuram in their stomachs).
This time, BJP legislators, who were expected to attend, stayed away from the function. However, Shiv Sena MLAs Suryakant Lonkar and Deepak Paigude attended and were seated on the dais with the Godse couple.