Nalin Kumar Kateel, a BJP MP from Karnataka created a controversy by tweeting on thursday "Godse killed one, Kasab killed 72, and Rajiv Gandhi killed 17,000. You judge who is crueler in this?" BJP leader compared Mahatma Gandhi's assassin with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
After Pragya Singh Thakur called Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a patriot, BJP MP from Karnataka Nalin Kumar Kateel compared Godse with former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
However the tweet has now been deleted. Nalin Kateel, a two-time BJP parliamentarian, is contesting the election from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.
Earlier Sadhvi Pragya, in a roadshow, said, "Nathuram Godse was a deshbhakt (patriot), is a 'deshbhakt' and will remain a 'deshbhakt'. People calling him a terrorist should instead look within, such people will be given a fitting reply in the election."
Kateel's remarks come amid a raging controversy over BJP's Bhopal pick Pragya Thakur's statement in which she glorified Godse as a patriot and also when Rajiv Gandhi has become the principle target of the ruling party in the election campaign.
Pragya Thakur recieved lot of criticism from her party members to whichThakur apologised late on Thursday night. "I apologise to the people of the country for my statements on Nathuram Godse. My statement was absolutely wrong. I have huge respect for the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi,"
