Pragya calling Godse a patriot shows BJP's real face: NCP

The NCP slammed BJP for its Bhopal LS candidate Pragya Singh Thakur remarks on "Nathuram Godse was a patriot," and asked PM to clear the stand of the party as he always bows before Gandhi. The statement came while giving an interview to a news channel in Madhya Pradesh.

Mumbai: The NCP attacked the BJP over its Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks on Nathuram Godse was a "patriot", saying people can now see the "real face" of the Amit Shah-led party.

The NCP also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clear whether Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, was indeed a patriot as stated by Pragya Singh.

In a tweet, NCP chief Jayant Patil stated, "Nathuram Godse, who has murdered Mahatma Gandhi, is being defended by BJP's candidate Pragya Thakur and is being called a patriot.

People can now see BJP's real face through Sadhvi Pragya's statement." Jitendra Awhad NCP general secretary alleged that Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blast case, belongs to the same fraternity as "terrorist" Godse.

"Modi had bowed before Mahatma Gandhi's statue before the entire world. Now he should tell not only to the country but the world if Godse was a patriot," added Awhad.

In an interview to a news channel in Madhya Pradesh, Pragya Singh said Godse was a "patriot" and will always remain so. She was responding to a query regarding actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's comment that free India's first extremist was a Hindu as he had referred to the assassin of Gandhi.

Mahatma Gandhi was killed in Delhi on January 30,1948.