At a press conference, Congress communications in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said, " India's soul is under attack by successors of Godse, the BJP ruling dispensation.. BJP leaders are describing the murderer of father of the nation as a true nationalist, while declaring people like Hemant Karkare as anti nationalist. 
"The favourite of Modiji-Amit Shah, Pragya Thakur, committed the unpardonable sin of calling Godse as true anationalist. BJP leaders are deliberately attacking the thought, the entire way of life, as also the teachings of Gandhi. This is an insult to the Indian way of life, that lives in Gandhian soul. This cannot be pardoned. The truth is, insulting India's martyrs and denegrating them has become culture of BJP. Thakur recently described Karkare as anti-national. Yet Modiji did not withdraw her candidature but proceeded to defend her through TV interviews."