After Justice Katju, Sadhvi Prachi calls Mahatma Gandhi a 'British Agent'

Controversial VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi on Wednesday sparked another controversy as she alleged that Mahatma Gandhi was a "British agent" and his contribution towards independence of the country was "negligible", days after former PCI chairman Markandey Katju levelled same allegation.

"It was only due to sole effort of Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prashad Bismil and Subhash Chandra Bose that India was freed from the clutches of Britishers," she said on Wednesday in Ghaziabad.

"Gandhian ways of protests and hunger strikes were worthless in achieving freedom," the VHP leader said, adding that Bismil (Ram Prasad) was hanged while Gandhi was busy with his 'Charkha' and spinning cotton.

Justice Katju, from PCI Chairman, recently wrote in his blog that Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation, was a British agent.

On Tuesday, Sadhvi Prachi had stoked controversy by saying that those having more than two children should be barred from casting votes. She added that those who cannot chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Vandematram', indulge in slaughter of cow, insult our tri-colour are not entitled to live in India.

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