Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, may soon be seen campaigning for the Congress party in Gujarat assembly elections. Speaking at the release function of his first book Let’s Kill Gandhi, published by Rupa & Co on Tuesday, Tushar said, “If we juxtapose the events leading to the country’s partition to the current situation, we find that the same follies are being repeated.” Tushar was also a member of the Congress delegation in the International Conference on ‘Peace, Non-violence, and Empowerment’ organised to mark the centenary of Satyagraha adopted by Gandhiji.“The party had invited me to be a part of the Satyagraha conference. And if the it wants me to campaign against the Modi government in Gujarat, then i will do that too.” However, on the question of fighting assembly elections in Gujarat, Tushar said, “It’s too speculative and i will not go into that. I will see as and when it comes to me.”“It’s a very dangerous trend and we need to campaign against these trends to avoid committing those mistakes again.” Mounting a direct attack on Modi and Togadia, he said, “The speeches of Modi and Togadia in Gujarat are full of hatred and divisiveness. I am always against any type of divisive campaign and have already started fighting against such forces.”His book deals with the larger conspiracy behind the murder of the Mahatma, and bungling during investigations, trial, appeal and the execution of Gandhi’s killer. It also talks about the political isolation of Gandhi during 1944 to 1948. He also criticised the failure of Modi government in ensuring the screening of Parzania, a movie which deals with the horrifying events of Gujarat riots in 2002. Although the film was released across the country last Friday, owing to fears of protests by Hindu fundamentalist groups, the exhibitors have avoided screening it in Gujarat.
