The Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha was celebrating the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse in Bhopal on Saturday, 19 May, when Congress workers intervened in the gathering, objecting to the celebration, the Hindustan Times reported.

The celebrations were being led by the Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha under the Veer Savarkar Setu at the RRL crossing in Bhopal. According to the HT report, they had decorated Godse’s portrait and were serving drinks to the pedestrians when a group of Congress workers, led by state youth Congress spokesperson Krishna Ghadge, reached the spot and protested the celebration.

The Congress workers raised slogans against Godse, saying that they will not allow the function that celebrates the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi.