"The accumulating provocation of years culminating in his last pro Muslim fast, at last, goaded me to the conclusion that the existence of Gandhiji should be brought to an end immediately. When the top rank leaders of the Congress with the consent of Gandhiji divided and tore the country – which we consider as a deity of worship – my mind became full with the thoughts of direful anger. I felt that the Indian politics in the absence of Gandhiji would surely be practical, able to retaliate, and would be powerful with armed forces. I have resorted to the action I did purely for the benefit of the humanity. I do say that my shots were fired at the person whose policy and action had brought rack (sic) and ruin and destruction to lacs of Hindus."
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Nathuram Godse, in his appeal before the Punjab high court at Shimla, May 2, 1949, cited in Sucheta Mahajan, Gandhi, Swaraj or Hindu Raj? The Making of the Post-independence Polity, in Damodaran and Unnithan-Kumar, eds, Post Colonial India: History, Politics and Culture, New Delhi, 2000, pp. 57-71. Quoted in . “Sectional President’s Address: COMMUNAL THREAT AND SECULAR RESISTANCE.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 71, (2010-2011). Also in "After Gandhi's Assassination, Nehru Saw
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