: Jignesh Mevani arrest shows Modi’s critics don’t have the same freedom of speech as his supporters #IndiaNEWS On Nathuram Godse, the Bharatiya Janata Party has usually maintained a happy ambiguity.

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Jignesh Mevani arrest shows Modi’s critics don’t have the same freedom of speech as his supporters #IndiaNEWS
On Nathuram Godse, the Bharatiya Janata Party has usually maintained a happy ambiguity. Terror-accused BJP member of Parliament Pragya Thakur famously called Gandhi’s killer a patriot�. Other assorted BJP leaders, including Lok Sabha legislator Sakshi Maharaj, have also shared glowing praise of Godse. If the party high command did not quite approve, there were no political or legal costs to leaders who made such remarks, either. The adulation of Godse has become mainstream over the last few years. Organisations such as the Hindu Mahasabha, with which BJP star campaigner and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath has deep ties, have actually worshipped Godse on his death anniversary.But when Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani apparently called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a Godse worshipper on Twitter, at least one member of the BJP took great umbrage. Arup Kumar Dey, a BJP leader in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, filed a complaint objecting to two tweets by Mevani. Apart from his Godse comment, Mevani had also asked Modi to appeal for peace in areas of Gujarat that had been hit by communal violence recently.Based on Dey’s cryptic complaint, the Assam police jetted across the country earlier this week, arrested Mevani in Gujarat and brought him to Kokrajhar. Mevani, an independent legislator who extends outside support to the Congress in...Read more

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