Trouble for Anant Kumar Hegde as party president Amit Shah seeks his explanation over remarks on Godse
11:53AM Fri 17 May, 2019
Karwar: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the Member of Parliament for Uttara Kannada constituency, on Friday found himself in troubled waters after one of his tweet supporting Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse, did not go down well with the party high command ahead of final phase of LS election in the country on May 19.
According to reports, BJP President Amit Shah has sought explanation from three party leaders including Hegde over their remarks on Nathuram Godse, within ten days. The other two leaders who will have to explain their remarks are Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Party’s candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.
Pragya, who is an accused in Malegaon Bomb Blast case triggered controversy on Thursday by naming Nathuram Godse as an patriot. Hegde and Kateel both jumped into debate on micro-blogging site.
Hegde’s tweet read "Am glad that 7 decades later today's generation debates in a changed perceptional environment and gives good scope for the condemned to be heard upon. #NathuramGodse would have finally felt happy with this debate!"
Kateel on the other added wrote “Nathuram Godse killed one, Ajmal Kasab killed 72 and Rajiv Gandhi killed 17000. You decide who was more brutal murderer among the three”.
My account was hacked since yesterday. There is no question of justifying Gandhi ji's murder. There can be no sympathy or justification of Gandhi ji's murder. We all have full respect for Gandhi ji's contribution to the nation.
— Chowkidar Anantkumar Hegde (@AnantkumarH) May 17, 2019
My Twitter account has been breached twice in the past one week and certain tweets have been posted on my timeline which has been discarded and deleted. Regret the posts attributed to me.
— Chowkidar Anantkumar Hegde (@AnantkumarH) May 17, 2019
Both the MPs deleted the tweet on Friday. Hegde however, went on to claim that his twitter account was hacked and it was not him who posted the tweets. In another tweet he indicated that his account was hacked twice in last week.
"My Twitter account has been breached twice in the past one week and certain tweets have been posted on my timeline which has been discarded and deleted. Regret the posts attributed to me".
(Bhatkallys News Bureau)
Source: The News Minute
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