GUWAHATI: BJP’s Bhopal MP, Sadhvi Pragya, has been removed from the consultative 21-member Defence committee after she stated Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, Nathuram Godse, as a “patriot” during Lok Sabha proceedings.
She has also been prohibited from attending BJP’s parliamentary meetings during the winter session.
Earlier on Wednesday, BJP member Pragya Thakur referred to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “deshbhakt” during a debate in Lok Sabha.
Condemning her remarks on Godse, BJP working president J P Nadda stated that Thakur should understand the BJP’s ideology. He added that she had been warned by the party on future behaviour. He said that she was instructed to work in propagating BJP ideology.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that the entire BJP condemns any philosophy which describes Nathuram Godse as a patriot.
On the other hand Pragya Thakur defended her by stating that she has been misquoted.
