NEW DELHI: BJP MP Pragya Thakur , whose controversial remark during a debate in Lok Sabha triggered a furore, claimed that she was referring to Udham Singh and not Nathuram Godse .

DMK leader A Raja was referring to a statement made by Godse during the discussion on the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha when Thakur interrupted him and made the remark.

Speaking to ANI, Thakur later clarified that her remarks were meant for Udham Singh and not Godse.

"This was not for Nathuram Godse. I interrupted him when he named Udham Singh. Then the Speaker asked me to sit down and I obeyed. However, A Raja continued his speech and spoke about Nathuram Godse in the same way. I did not interrupt him then," said ,Thakur while explaining the turn of the events.

The DMK leader, however, claimed that Thakur had interrupted him while he made a reference to Godse's statement in which he had said that he had held grudge against Gandhi for 32 years before finally deciding to assassinate him.

Raja had in said in the lower house that security should be based on threat perception and not because of political reasons while asking the Home Minister to revisit the Bill which seeks to withdraw SGP cover from persons other than Prime Minister.

Thakur had courted controversy this year when she described Godse as a 'patriot' and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not made it clear that such statements would not be tolerated by the party.

