Nathuram Godse: The Hidden Untold Truth

by Anup SarDesai

Home Minister,Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, immediately ordered the military to take action against the rioters. But, Gandhi, who was at the ‘Sevagram Ashram’ in Wardha when the riots in Calcutta and Noakhali broke out, objected to military action against the rioters. While addressing a gathering in his evening prayer meet, Gandhi said “Let us be humble and confess that we have not got the strength today to meet all the expectations that the people entertain of us…If they had realized the principles for which the ashram stood, they should have rushed into the blaze and offered the purest sacrifice which might have conceivably quenched the flames”.5 Nathuram and Narayan were in their printing press when the evening newsfeed came on their teleprinter. An outraged Nathuram said “What the hell does he mean by that? Is he saying that the Hindus should offer sacrifices just to make Muslims happy?” Narayan responded by saying “I think this man has lost his mental balance. First he agrees to the partition of the country and now he is justifying a massacre”