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Don't use Bapu's name in elections, Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson tells Rahul

New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson Shrikrishna Kulkarni has said that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi should not have brought Gandhi's assassination issue in his election campaign. What does Mahatma Gandhi have to do with

India TV News Desk Published : Mar 11, 2014 13:16 IST, Updated : Mar 11, 2014 15:54 IST
Dear Rahul Gandhi,

Gandhiji was my great grandfather.  

He was assassinated by Mr. Nathuram Godse. Many inquiry commissions have researched the case and none has implicated the RSS. My grandfather Ramdas Gandhi wrote to the then Home Minister, Sadar Patel to spare Mr. Godse the capital punishment -- our family had moved on even then...but...just for your information..when Ramdas Gandhi lay dying in Mumbai (1969), Mr. Gopal Godse, the younger brother of Mr. Nathuram Godse did pay him a visit. So as it stands, this issue is squarely in the past and my family has moved on....

....my humble suggestion -- you folks who own Congress (I) and your good self...should move on AND QUIT milking the name Gandhi and this issue for your selfish benefits. Have the magnanimity to accept the verdicts of the various commissions.

To keep harping that the RSS killed Gandhi is akin to saying the Sikhs killed your father...which would be such a petty falsehood isn't it? A couple of guys don't make for a community....

So please stop this charade, stop this opportunistic usage of the Gandhi name. You are not from the Gandhi family. You have fooled too many people for too long in India. Stop it now.

I am putting this in the public domain as someone from the Gandhi family has to call your bluff.

Yours sincerely,
Shrikrishna Kulkarni
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