‘Godse should have targeted Nehru’
RSS mouthpiece “Kesari” article blamed Nehru for major national tragedies
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-10-23 04:25 GMT
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An article that appeared in RSS mouthpiece “Kesari” on October 17 has indirectly suggested that Nathuram Vinayak Godse should have killed Jawahar Lal Nehru and not Mahatma Gandhi.
The article written by B Gopalakrishnan, who was the BJP candidate in Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency, argued that the selfishness of Nehru was the reason for all major national tragedies including partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. “If history students honestly verified the historical facts before partition and also the views of Godse, they may arrive at the conclusion that Godse had chosen the wrong target,’’ the article said.
The article, throughout, seeks to argue that RSS had no role in Gandhi’s assassination and Godse was not a swayam sewak. "In his desperation to become world leader, Nehru needed Gandhiji’s name, khadi and cap. Godse was far more better than Nehru. Godse shot at Gandhi after making a respectful bow. He was not like Nehru who bowed in front but stabbed from behind,'' it said.
The article comes close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to reconstitute the organising committee for the 125 birth anniversary celebration of Nehru.