The Coimbatore City Police on Sunday intervened and stopped CPI(M) polit bureau member G. Ramakrishnan from administering an oath at a multi-party event to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi after he recited that the father of the nation “was shot dead by Godse” and RSS “terrorists”.
The police argued that the organisers had not obtained permission for such an event and the references to Godse and the RSS could lead to “law and order issues”. Mr. Ramakrishnan was heard asking the police whether they were implying that Gandhi was not shot dead by Godse. “Trial was conducted and he [Godse] was hanged to death. I am speaking the truth,” he said, while those around him were heard questioning whether the police were equating the “RSS with a religion”.
