After BJP's Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur courted controversy for calling Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a "patriot", Usha Thakur, BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh's Mhow seat of Indore district termed Godse a "nationalist". "Godse was a nationalist, who was concerned about the nation throughout his life," said Usha. "The circumstances under which he decided to assassinate Gandhiji were known to him only," she added.
After BJP's Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur courted controversy for calling Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a "patriot", Usha Thakur, BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh's Mhow seat of Indore district termed Godse a "nationalist". "Godse was a nationalist, who was concerned about the nation throughout his life," said Usha. "The circumstances under which he decided to assassinate Gandhiji were known to him only," she added.