The Shiv Sena who, once was the strongest ally with the BJP, ridiculed the BJP’s act of taking the UK Prime Minister to the Sabarmati Ashram as a dual representation of Supporting Gandhi’s killer as well as Gandhi. They mocked BJP for taking the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the Sabarmati Ashram to show the glory of Mahatma Gandhi, even after supporting Nathuram Godse’s ideology at home.
Responding to the tour the United Kingdom Prime minister Boris Johnson had been taken to Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram, Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana wrote in its editorial, “the celebration glorifies Nathuram Godse, however the overseas dignitaries on India tour are taken to Sabarmati Ashram” whereas additionally asserting that Mahatma Gandhi stays the id of India on the worldwide stage.
Exposing BJP’s disguise, the Saamana further said it is Gandhi who is representing India on the global stage. The editorial even questioned BJP why didn’t they take the Prime Minister of UK to the grand statue of Sardar Patel in Gujarat.
“It is wonder that they (BJP) support the ideology of Nathuram Godse but when foreign guests arrive, they take them to Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram to weave the yarn”. The criticized BJP.
“During Johnson’s stay in India, there was an atmosphere of communal tension throughout the country, including in the national capital Delhi. During the country’s independence, there was an atmosphere of religious hatred and violence. Even after so a few years, the Prime Minister of UK is witnessing the same atmosphere in India. Johnson saw India in the identical condition in which the British had left the country,” the editorial said.