Pragya's 'patriot Godse' remark is the heart of BJP-RSS: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi/IBNS: Slamming Pragya Thakur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Bhopal MP's Nathuram Godse remark is the heart and soul of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its parent organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
"That (Pragya's remark) is the heart of the BJP and RSS. They can't hide it," Rahul said.
While DMK MP A Raja in the parliament on Wednesday was referring to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, Pragya courted a massive controversy by calling Godse as "deshbhakt" or a "patriot".
Immediately, the opposition bench stood up and protested against the remark.
Though Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi had said Pragya didn't take Godse's name, BJP working president Jagat Prakash Nadda came down heavily upon the Bhopal MP and removed her from the Defence Ministry panel in which she was nominated few days ago.
This is not the first time Pragya referred to Godse as a patriot but she said a similar thing during the 2019 General Elections campaign drawing ire from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi had then rebuked Pragya over her remark and had said he will never forgive his party colleague.
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