Unfortunately, senior BJP leaders like Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath do not condemn such incidents because it serves a political purpose.

Even if the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha is not part of the RSS and BJP, its viewpoint on Gandhi's assassin is shared across Hindutva groups. In December 2014, BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj called Nathuram Godse a patriot, though he retracted it later. When Modi ruled Gujarat, he did nothing to develop Gandhi's birthplace in Porbandar, or Rajkot where Gandhi was schooled.