Nathuram Godse was patriotic to the next level. He admired Gandhiji for the hard work and sacrifices he had made for freedom struggle. But later in life his and Mahatama’s ideologies were at cross road.
Mahatama strictly practised and imposed non violence on everyone. If the Indian National Congress and its leaders digressed he would start a fast unto death. The demands had to be complied with. His personal ideology at times harmed country’s interests.
Nathuram Godse was furious at the Mahatama for accepting Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan, a separate nation, to be carved out of India. It was apparently a prerequisite for free India by the British. But then the British were already a spent force.
According to him, Gandhiji was supporting unreasonable Muslims interests at the cost of the Hindus.
First it was the demand for Pakistan which he accepted.
Second, he was furious that empty mosques housing Hindu refugees in Delhi were vacated on Gandhiji’s insistence, so that they could be occupied by Muslim refugees. In the cold winters, the Hindu refugees had no where to go. A request similar to that of mosques was not made for temples in Pakistan. On the other hand temples in Pakistan were defiled
All the Muslims were granted full security in India and had the choice to stay back, if they wanted. As a result majority of Muslims never went to Pakistan and the very purpose of creating a new nation, for them was defeated.
Unlike India, the Hindus in Pakistan were forced to leave the country. Men, women and children were brutalised. One million people died. Mahatama’s ideology of non violence, led to lots of violence.
Godse was full of grouse, that Gandhiji and the Congress never exerted diplomatic pressure on Pakistan for the safeguard of its people or threatened to retaliate.
Sardar Patel had refused to grant fifty five crores to Pakistan from the exchequer. But on Gandhiji’s insistence the government policy had to be changed.
A Hindu activist Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthi was brutally murdered by a Muslim mob. Gandhiji wanted everyone to give up their life for India’s freedom, but fighting non violently. He did not condemn the violent action of the muslims. He was never for retaliation but suffering quietly.
Similarly the men of the Nizam of Hyderabad, carried out excesses on the Hindu brethren. But all Gandhiji did was appease the Nizam and requested him to give up his State and join the confederation of independent states. The Nizam never ceded ground.
He significantly pointed out that after the Mahatama’s death, the Indian government sent, armed forces to Hyderabad and defeated the Nizam. Hyderabad too became a part of Independent India. Gandhiji with his philosophy of non violence would have never allowed it.
Godse said that he assassinated Gandhiji so that his people, the Hindus did not suffer injustice.
