India has the popular tradition of worshiping the great leaders and we do not shy away from building temples to them. Starting from Mahatma Gandhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, every popular leader resides in the temple set up his/her hard-core aficionados. But, not so often we get to see a temple for a controversial figure, particularly for a man who assassinated the Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
But, a controversy is slowly brewing in Madhya Pradesh as the right-wing group called ‘Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha’ (ABHM) installed a statue of ‘Nathuram Godse’, man who killed Mahatma Gandhi publicly, at its office in Gwalior. This has ignited a fresh row against BJP government as the state Congress party took to streets in Bhopal and protested the installation of Godse statue.
Besides protesting for the resignation of Home Minister, the opposition leader of state Ajay Singh demanded ‘treason case’ against the people who were involved in setting up the sculpture. Singh further said – ’25-26 affiliated groups engage in such bizarre acts and they later deny the deeds.’ While Hindu Mahasabha, on other hand, declared that they will start building Godse temples in other cities as well.
While the MP Home minister Bhupendra Singh and Health Minister Rustam Singh did not pay heed to the queries regarding this matter, the ruling BJP leaders and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) attempted to separate themselves from the incident.
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