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Mumbai IAS officer's anti-Gandhi tweet sparks row

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June 2, 2019

Mumbai, Jun 2: A Mumbai woman IAS officer's tweet has triggered a row by calling the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's statues from across the world, including his images from the Indian currency notes.

Demanding that institutions and roads named after the Father of the Nation be renamed, she also "thanked" his assassin Nathuram Godse.

After the controversy, the officer, Nidhi Choudhari, posted as Deputy Municipal Commissioner in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), said on Saturday that the tweet was "sarcastic" and it was "misinterpreted". The controversial tweet has since been deleted.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) demanded her suspension for the "derogatory" tweet about Mahatma Gandhi and "glorification" of Godse.

In her tweet posted on May 17 along with the picture of Mahatma Gandhi's mortal remains, Choudhari had written, "What an exceptional celebration of 150th birth anniversary year is going on. High time we remove his face from our currency, his statues from across the world, rename institutions/roads named after him! That would be a real tribute from all of us! ThankU#Godse for 30.01.1948."

On Saturday, NCP leader Jitendra Awhad demanded strict action against Choudhari by suspending her.

"She glorified Godse by posting a derogatory tweet about Gandhiji. This shouldn't be tolerated," he said.

Claiming that Mahatma Gandhi's 'My Experiments With Truth' is her all-time favourite book, Choudhari said that her tweet was "misinterpreted."

"Those who have misinterpreted my tweet of 17.5.2019 should go through my timeline. Even past few months, tweets would be self-explanatory. I am deeply hurt and saddened by misinterpretation to a tweet written with sarcasm.

"I would never insult Gandhiji. Gandhiji is Father of Our Nation & in 2019 all of us must do our little bit to make this country better. Hope those misinterpreting my tweets would realise the sarcasm in it," she said on Twitter on Saturday.

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Fairman
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Sunday, 2 Jun 2019

Like Pragya, this stupid officer will be  given big job by her mentors BJP.

Why these happen in India. Only 1reason,  majority of our ciitzens are illiterate, they dont understand the fact. they dont know beauty of democrary.

 

They believe criminal minded so called Hindutva Vadees.

One day such hindutwa will be wiped out from the country, but real Hinduism may remain.

Almost Northern India, Maharashtra and BJP strongholds  be blessed for wisdom.

 

God bless our country specially the illiterates.

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