Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hammered his party’s Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Thakur for calling Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse a patriot, underlining that this kind of a language could not be tolerated in a civilised society. Naming three party leaders, including Pragya Thakur and union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde, Amit Shah had asserted that the party had taken their comments seriously and they would face action. WATCH | ‘I respect Mahatma’: BJP’s Pragya apologises after calling Godse a patriotThe prime minister’s statement wasn’t the first reaction from the BJP to Pragya Thakur; it is the strongest. Pragya Thakur did eventually apologise for her statement on the party’s orders but that hadn’t really helped. They are God-Se Lovers,” he tweeted“The favourite of the Modi-Amit Shah duo – Pragya Thakur – crossed all limits today and committed the unpardonable sin of describing Nathuram Godse as a true nationalist.

Source: Hindustan Times May 17, 2019 09:26 UTC