BJP MPs Nalin Kumar Kateel, Anant Kumar Hegde delete controversial tweets regarding Godse
Party seeks explanation in 10 days
Bengaluru: A day after Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP leader Nalin Kumar Kateel posted a controversial tweet against former PM Rajiv Gandhi indirectly supporting Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, the BJP MP has taken down the tweet from his official handle.
In the tweet, Kateel had added “Nathuram Godse killed one, Ajmal Kasab killed 72 and Rajiv Gandhi killed 17000. You decide who was more brutal murderer among the three”.
Another BJP leader and union minister had also tweeted supporting Godse and wrote “Seven decades later, the condemned were being heard”. He too deleted his tweet from his timeline.
Shortly after deleting the tweet, Hegde posted that his account was allegedly hacked and that there is no question of justifying Gandhi ji’s murder.
Shortly afterwards, he deleted the tweet and posted: "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."
"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!" Hegde had earlier posted.
BJP on the other hand has distanced itself from the statements of both Hegde and Kateel and party president Amit Shah has asked them to explain remarks in 10 days, according to a report published in NDTV.
Earlier yesterday, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, triggered the debate after calling Nathuram Godse “a patriot”. She later apologized for her remarks.
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
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Over 270 flights delayed, 10 cancelled at Delhi airport
New Delhi (PTI): At least 10 flights were cancelled and more than 270 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport due to fog and low visibility conditions on Tuesday.
An official said 6 arrivals and 4 departures have been cancelled for the day.
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Over 270 flights have been delayed and the average delay time for departures is 29 minutes, as per information available on flight tracking website Flightradar24.com.
"Visibility at the airport is improving; however, flight departures for certain destinations may experience delay," Delhi airport operator DIAL said in a post on X.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital handles around 1,300 flight movements daily.
