Bhopal:Pragya Singh Thakur, BJP's candidate from Bhopal parliamentary constituency has stirred a controversy by claiming that Nathuram Godse was a 'deshbhakt' (patriot) and will remain one.
She stated that Godse was a patriot and people calling him a terrorist should look within, taking a jibe at Kamal Hassan.
She was responding to Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan, who stoked a possible controversy, saying independent India's first 'terrorist was a Hindu,' referring to Nathuram Godse who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.
Sadhvi, an accused in the Malegaon blast case was earlier involved in a controversy, over her remarks against police officer Hemant Karkare, who was killed in the 26/11 terror attack.
Read: 'India's first terrorist was Hindu, his name is Godse': Kamal Haasan