A temple for Mahatma Gandhi's killer: Hindu Mahasabha installs statue of Nathuram Godse in Gwalior

Bhopal: Right-wing outfit Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha had installed a bust of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse at its office in Gwalior.

According to ANI, after installing Godse's bust, the leaders of the outfit observed his death anniversary on Wednesday.

#MadhyaPradesh: Observing the death anniversary of Nathuram Godse, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Sabha built a temple and installed Godse's idol inside their office in Gwalior, yesterday pic.twitter.com/zkEuR0v5cF — ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2017

The Gwalior district administration had earlier denied permission to Hindu Mahasabha for construction of a temple in the name of Nathuram Godse.

Hindu Mahasabha national vice president Jaiveer Bharadwaj, who installed a 32-inch-tall bust of Godse at the outfit's office in Gwalior's Daulatganj, said their request to the district administration on November 9 that they be allowed to build a temple to Godse was denied.

He said with the bust installed now, a "temple" for Godse has been built.

"Nobody should have any objection to this as we have set up the temple in our own space. It is Mahasabha's own property," Bharadwaj said.

The Congress has, meanwhile, raised objections to Hindu Mahasabha installing a statue of Mahatma Gandhi's killer. The party has called for registering a case of sedition against the right-wing group. 

"This is a conspiracy to disgrace the Father of the Nation... We demand that a case of sedition be filed against these people," Ajay Singh, the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, said.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia too criticised the group. 

"A temple of Bapu's killer is being established just under the nose of Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who pretended to be fasting using the name of Gandhiji. This is a shameful and condemnable act," Scindia tweeted.

गांधीज़ी के नाम का सहारा लेकर उपवास का ढोंग करने वाले @ChouhanShivraj की नाक के नीचे बापू के हत्यारे का मंदिर स्थापित किया जा रहा है। इस शर्मनाक कृत्य की जितनी निंदा की जाए, वह कम है।https://t.co/eRwuH3uraK — Jyotiraditya Scindia (@JM_Scindia) November 15, 2017

The BJP, however, said Congress should desist from claiming sole ownership of Mahatma Gandhi's legacy. 

"Mahatma Gandhi's legacy is the legacy of this country... If anybody has violated the law and the Constitution, such activity would come under the purview of law," state BJP spokesperson Rajnish Jain said.