Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai has stated that Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Vinayak Godse was a “curse” of the country. Pillai, who in the past headed the Kerala unit of the BJP, was speaking after releasing the fourth edition of “Gandhi vs Godse’’ authored by advocate Veliyam Rajiv in Kollam on Sunday. “What Godse had done should not have taken place whatever be the reason,’’ said Pillai, referring to the assassination of Gandhiji. “I am sure that the Gandhian ideology would stand a leading light for humankind. Godse was the curse of this country. Leaders should create a society which is guided by thought not by emotion,’’ said Pillai. He said Gandhiji had been a model for the political workers who never compromised on his principles. When his son faced corruption charges, Gandhiji was ready to denounce him before the world. “His philosophy is gaining relevance in all spheres of life. I bow my head before Gandhiji,’’ he said. Pillai said the Justice Kapoor commission, which probed into the conspiracy behind the assassination of Gandhi, had ruled out the role of RSS. “But what pains me is that in this democratic country, all the copies of the Kapoor commission report were destroyed. The Indian system had buried that cruel truth in such a manner leaving not a single copy of the report. This is the history of those who take pride on behalf of democracy,’’ he said. Pillai also said the Shah commission report, which looked into the excesses during the Emergency period, was also destroyed.
