Thread by @GaikwadAnkur

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A #Thread on Nathuram Godse's final address in the Punjab High Court on 5 May, 1949. Some of the excerpts/summary are presented here. #GandhiPunyatithi

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'Born in a devotional Brahmin family, I instinctively revered Hindu religion, history & culture. As one inclined to free thinking, I worked for eradication of untouchability & birth-based caste system. I openly joined RSS wing of anti-caste movements & maintained that,

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..all Hindus are equal. I studied very closely whatever Veer Savarkar & Gandhi had written or spoken, because they influenced Indians the most in last 30 yrs. All the reading led me to believe it was my 1st duty to serve Hindudom & Hindus as patriot.'

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'It's a mere dream to imagine that bulk of mankind can adhere to lofty ideas of Satya & Ahimsa in day-2-day life. Honour, duty & love of one’s own & country might often compel us to disregard non-violence & to use force.'

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'It was absolutely essential for Shivaji to overpower & k1ll Afzal Khan, else he'd have lost his own life. In condemning history’s towering warriors like Shivaji, Rana Pratap & Guru Gobind Singh as misguided patriots, Gandhiji has merely exposed his self-conceit.'

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"The accumulating provocation of 32 years, culminating in his last pro-Mu$l!m fast, at last goaded me to the conclusion that the existence of Gandhi should be brought to an 3nd immediately."

'Mahatma became the judge & jury in his own cause.

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These childish insanities & obstinacies, coupled with a most severe austerity of life, ceaseless work & lofty character made Gandhi formidable & irresistible. In a position of absolute irresponsibility, Gandhi was guilty of blunder after blunder, failure after failure, ..

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disaster after disaster.'

'From Aug 1946, the pvt armies of ML began ma$$acre of Hindus. The Hindu blood began to flow from Bengal to Karachi with some retaliation by Hindus. The Congress which had boasted of its nationalism & socialism secretly accepted Pakistan literally..

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at the point of the bayonet & abjectly surrendered to Jinnah. Gandhi had achieved a vivisected India after thirty years of undisputed dictatorship & this is what Congress calls ‘freedom’ & ‘peaceful transfer of power’. The Hindu-Muslim unity bubble was finally burst.'

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'Gandhi was shrewd enough to know that while undertaking a fast unto death, had he imposed for its break some condition on the Mu$l!ms in 🇵🇰, there would've been hardly any Mu$l!ms who could have shown some grief if the fast had ended in his death.'

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'Gandhi is being referred to as Father of the Nation. But if that is so, he failed his paternal duty as he acted very treacherously to the nation by consenting to the partition. I stoutly maintain that Gandhi failed in his duty. He has proved to be the Father of Pak!stan.'

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I took courage in both my hands & I f!red the shots at Gandhi on 30 Jan 1948, on prayer-grounds of Birla House. My shots were fired at the person whose policy & action had brought ruin & destruction to millions of Hindus. There was no legal machinery which could bring such..

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an offender to book & for this reason I f!red those fatal shots.'

'Nehru has played a leading role in the establishment of the theocratic state of Pakistan, & his job was made easier by Gandhi’s persistent policy of appeasement towards the Musl!ms.'

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'I'd like to add that I don't desire any mercy to be shown to me, nor do I wish that anyone else should beg for mercy on my behalf. I have no doubt that honest writers of history will weigh my act & find the true value thereof some day in future.' #NathuramGodse #Gandhi

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Ref - freepressjournal.in/india/why-i-ki…