Amit Shah asks for explanation over Pragya Thakur’s remark, says 3 BJP leaders to explain Nathuram Godse remarks within 10 days 

Amit Shah. 

Bhartiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, while taking into notice of Pragya Singh Thakur remarks, on Thursday, launched damage control after a series of comments in favour of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. It came just two days before the final round of voting for the Lok Sabha election.

Shah, in a series of tweets, asked for an explanation within 10 days from Pragya Singh Thakur, Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde and Nalin Kumar Kateel.

He, in a tweet, said, “These comments have nothing to do with the party. All three have apologized, but these comments are against the ideology of the BJP and are being referred to the disciplinary committee.”

विगत 2 दिनों में श्री अनंतकुमार हेगड़े, साध्वी प्रज्ञा सिंह ठाकुर और श्री नलीन कटील के जो बयान आये हैं वो उनके निजी बयान हैं, उन बयानों से भारतीय जनता पार्टी का कोई संबंध नहीं है।

— Chowkidar Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 17, 2019

अनुशासन समिति तीनों नेताओं से जवाब मांगकर उसकी एक रिपोर्ट 10 दिन के अंदर पार्टी को दे, इस तरह की सूचना दी गयी है।

— Chowkidar Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 17, 2019

Earlier Pragya Singh Thakur, the BJP candidate from Bhopal, had described Godse, on Thursday, who killed Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, as a “deshbhakt (patriot)”.

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