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Seventy years ago, on January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu zealot, Hindu Mahasabha member Nathuram Godse.
As President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a number of dignitaries paid their respects to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial Raj Ghat on the Martyrs' Day on Tuesday, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury took to Twitter to reproduce a government communique issued barely five days after Gandhi's murder on February 4, 1948 declaring the RSS as an unlawful organisation.
Seventy years ago, on January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu zealot, Hindu Mahasabha member Nathuram Godse.
"Remembering Gandhi on this day 70 years after his assassination. This must mean redoubling our resolve to defeat the alarming rise of this "cult of violence" (as Sardar Patel described) of the ideology that killed him. This is a danger to India even today," said Yechury on Twitter.
In his Twitter message PM Modi said, "I bow to beloved Bapu on Gandhi Jayanti. His noble ideals motivate millions across the world."
While Congress president Rahul Gandhi chose to keep away using the opportunity to bash up BJP, Congress took to Twitter saying, "Despite the incessant jab by the divisive elements on Gandhi's views, he remains unswerving... Because the idea never dies."
Paying tributes to the Mahatma, the BJP used the occasion to give the message of cleanliness on Twitter.
Incidentally, Twitter became an arena of Mahatma lovers and haters as there were various comments praising and criticising the Mahatma and eulogising and debunking Godse.
Besides Rajghat, PM Modi also visited Gandhi Smriti formerly known as Birla House where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life and was assassinated on January 30. It has been turned into a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi and is situated on Tees January Marg in the national capital.
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi also paid their tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba and Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa were among those present.
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