On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would not forgive the BJP’s Bhopal candidate Pragya Thakur, who had called Nathuram Godse a “patriot”. Modi told News24 he “will never be able to forgive Sadhvi Pragya for insulting Bapu”. She had made a similar apology after public outrage over her claim that her curse killed former Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare. For the latest elections news and more, follow HuffPost India on Twitter, Facebook, and subscribe to our newsletter. If she wins from the saffron bastion of Bhopal, India’s current ruling party can claim the dubious honour of being the first political party to sen a terror-accused to Parliament.

Source: Huffington Post May 17, 2019 10:30 UTC