NEW DELHI: Slamming the Modi government over the appointment of an NIT-Calicut professor who is accused of praising Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a Dean, the Congress said this was part of its mindset to “appropriate Gandhi, glorify Godse”.In an order issued by the Director of the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT), Dr Shaija A has been appointed as the Dean of the Planning and Development Department, with effect from March 7.A police case is pending against her for allegedly praising Nathuram Godse on Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyr’s Day.In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “A Professor in Kerala who publicly says she is proud of Godse for saving India is made a Dean in NIT-Calicut by the Modi government.He added that a former judge of the Calcutta High Court “could not choose between Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse” and he is now a BJP MP.”This is all part of the Modi mindset – Appropriate Gandhi, Glorify Godse,” Ramesh said on X.
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