Leader of the House and Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil on Sunday assured the Legislative Council that the government would take steps to stop the construction of a memorial of Nathuram Godse being built by an organisation in Saparde village near Kalyan in neighbouring Thane.

The assurance came after Congress MLC Sanjay Dutt raised the issue through a point of propriety and demanded that the government should urgently intervene.

Land acquired

As per reports, the Hindu Mahasabha is constructing the memorial of Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, at the village, six km from Kalyan and land has been acquired for the purpose.

‘Real face’

“After coming to power by promising ‘sabka sath, sabka vikas’, the real face of the ruling government is coming to light, which proves that for them it is actually ‘Mann mein Ram, dil mein Nathuram (Lord Ram in mind, Nathuram in heart),” Mr. Dutt said. “The fascist forces, who killed Mahatma Gandhi are now blatantly raising their heads once again to throttle Bapu’s ideals and teachings, while the government is turning a blind eye to it,” Mr. Dutt said.