The Hindu Mahasabha’s State Vice President Gajendra Pal Singh Arya has declared that the organization is going to honour the gunman who opened fire at the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters near Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMIU) yesterday. He said they will also provide legal assistance to him and bear all the legal costs for the same.
Sachin Sharma, Harishankar, Rajeev, Abhishek Gupta, Jiten Thakur Brijesh Parmar and Manoj Saini among others were present at the meeting.
Hindu Mahasabha will felicitate Jamia firing accused, calls him a true nationalist like Nathuram Godse, Disgusting. #JamiaShooting pic.twitter.com/KtXajAmUUF
— Sanjay विश्वकर्मा (@SanjayV_INC) January 31, 2020
Amar Ujala reported that the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha instead celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary, January 30, Martyr’s Day as Shaurya Diwas (day of bravery) and garlanded his assassins Nathuram Godse and Nana Apte and lit lamps and distributed rice pudding at the ceremony.
Ashok Pandey, a spokesperson for the Hindu Mahasabha said, “He is a true patriot just like Nathuram Godse. We’re proud of him. He has tried to stop the anti-nationalists,” reported Sangbad Pratidin.
He also said, “Those who carry out anti-national activities like Sharjeel Imam or students of AMU, JNU or Jamia, deserve to be shot dead.”
Making a controversial statement Gajendra Pal Singh Arya said that it was because of the policies of Mahatma Gandhi that the country had become a dharamshala (inn) and not a Hindu rashtra (nation). He also said that in areas like Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Millia Islamia University and Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were witnessing talks of partition with people there praising Gandhism by waving Gandhi’s flag.
He also added that had Gandhi not been there, the Partition might not have taken place. Had the partition been done on religious lines, India would’ve been a Hindu nation. He also added that all workers of the Hindu Mahasabha would be as ready to attend to his call of duty as Godse was.
On Thursday, an armed gunman, allegedly a minor, had opened fire at people protesting against the CAA outside Jamia University injuring one. Many questions have been asked about the action of the Delhi police who did nothing to apprehend the assailant in time.
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