Godse nationalist or Gandhi’s assassin? Digvijay asks BJP

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Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh here on Saturday sought to know from the BJP weather it considers Nathuram Godse a nationalist or Mahatma GandhI's assassin.

While talking to media persons here on Saturday, the senior Congress leader asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah to clarify party stand on this. Well known for his starting revelations, Singh claimed that 1970-71, efforts were made to make him join Jan Sangh but he declined to do so.

On the ongoing tussle over claiming ownership on Gandhi's legacy, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said Gandhi belongs to the nation.

When asked to comment on the ongoing strike of the Patwari (revenue stuffers), Singh claimed that it was a time of crisis for the farmers so the Patwars should end stir and dedicate themselves to help out farmers.

The Rajya Sabha MP however did not comment anything on Patwaris asking him and Minister Jitu Patwari to apologize to them. Notably, both Singh and minister Patwari had accused the Patwaris of corruption, following which these government staff was had went on definite Strike.

When asked to equate honeytrap scandal against Vyapam scam, the senior leader claimed that Vyapam scam was the biggest scam in the country, so it cannot be compared against the honeytrap scandal.

When pointed out that there are speculations about several Congress leaders being involved in honeytrap scandal, an upset Singh shot back saying if someone has the details on this, he should share the information with the SIT.

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