On Tuesday, 19 November, a woman named Rajyashri Choudhary made headlines for performing aarti in front of a portrait of Nathuram Godse, the man who murdered Mahatma Gandhi.
Choudhary’s actions drew media attention not merely because she is a leader of the Hindu right-wing organisation Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM), but also because she is a grand-niece of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
At the Hindu outfit’s office in Gwalior’s Daulatganj, Choudhary paid an obeisance to Godse and blamed Jawaharlal Nehru’s government for Gandhi’s death.