Indian authorities represented by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) attempted to suspend Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Nidhi Choudhari from her duties after the civil servant made a reportedly derogatory statement condemning Mahatma Gandhi, tweeting a 'thank you' post to the former leader's assassin, Nathuram Godse.
"We demand the immediate suspension of IAS officer Nidhi Choudhari for her derogatory tweet against Mahatma Gandhi. She gloried Nathuram Godse. This should not be tolerated," NCP leader Jitendra Awhad was cited as saying by DNA India.
The move comes after on 17 May, Nidhi tweeted: "What an exceptional celebration of 150th birth year is going on. High time, we remove his face from our currency, his statutes from across the world, rename institutions/roads named after him! That would be a real tribute from all of us! ThankU Godse for 30.01.1948."
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She later deleted the tweet, saying that some people "misunderstood it". Choudhari added that she'd "bow before him with the deepest regard and will do till last breath."
I have deleted my tweet of 17.05.2019 w.r.t. GandhiJi because some people misunderstood it
— Nidhi Choudhari🕉☪️✝️☸️ (@nidhichoudhari) 31 мая 2019 г.
If only they had followed my timeline since 2011 they would've understood that I would NEVER even dream of insulting GandhiJi
I bow before him with deepest regard & will do till last breath pic.twitter.com/CSjaKHF9BJ
Gandhi was shot dead by Naduram Godse on 30 January 1948 in Delhi. Gandhi, who lived in 1869-1948 and was educated as a lawyer, is credited with being the leader of the movement to achieve independence from the United Kingdom through nonviolent civil disobedience.
