Modi's Big Tent To Bring Gandhi and Godse Together

This is in fact a new practice of Modi which might be one of his strategies. Throughout his cleanliness drive, Modi was found attributing the cause to Gandhi’s birth anniversary. He even gifted copies of Gita translated by the Mahatma to foreign leaders and received Chinese premier Xi Jinping at Gandhi ashram. Modi is trying to revive the ideals of Gandhi in his era. Ironically, the exact opposite seems to be happening as there is much Godse’s cult appearances set for a cultural renaissance.

However, many find several pitfalls of turning Godse into a hero. As others rightly point out, once you defend Godse’s action, the same logic can be extended to every terrorist who kills for his ideology whether it is political or religious, giving way to differentiate between the assassins of Gandhi, the butchers of Peshawar and the perpetrators of 9/11 or 26/11. None of these were seeking personal vendetta; all were promoting their political ideologies through violent means. This can only leave us with a question whether beliefs are important over ideals and this clearly has nothing to do with logic or facts. Gandhi’s life has been an open book so far. It will be interesting to see if Godse is able to survive as much scrutiny.

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