Meerut: Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha members commemorated November 15 – the day Mahatma Gandhi ’s killers Nathuram Godse and Narayan Dattatraya Apte were hanged – as ‘balidan divas’ at their office on Meerut’s Sharda road on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, the members raised their demand that it was time Gandhi’s picture was taken off currency notes.The two were hanged simultaneously on 15 November 1949, at Ambala Jail.“Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte had killed Mahatma Gandhi due to his involvement in partition of the country. Both of them were apprehensive that India would be divided into more parts if Gandhi remains alive. To mark their sacrifice, we have commemorated November 15 as ‘balidan divas’. A havan was conducted in all the 120 offices of the Mahasabha in the country,” said Pandit Ashok Sharma , outfit’s national vice-president.Sharma added, “Now that the Indian currency is being changed, we demand that Gandhi’s picture be taken off the new notes. It is a matter of shame for us when we have to take out notes with pictures of Gandhi on them to purchase samagri for havan of our heroes – Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte.”On October 2 this year, the right-wing organisation had finally installed and unveiled the bust of Godse at their Sharda Road office here. The organisation had first tried to unveil the statue on December 2014, but had not been successful, and had been trying ever since.