<p class="title">Dakshina Kannada sitting MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s tweet comparing Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has drawn a lot of flak.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He later deleted the tweet following criticisms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Thursday, at 1.27 pm, Kateel on his twitter handle @nalinkateel had tweeted in Kannada “Godse killed just one, Ajmal Kasab killed 72 and Rajiv Gandhi killed 17,000. Now you tell who is the gruesome murderer?.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tweet was retweeted and liked by many. However, a large section of netizens had criticised tweet for making such a derogatory remark.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Friday, at 12.03 pm, Kateel tendered an apology by tweeting, “I have observed that people have been expressing their anguish over my tweet. I tender my apology if anyone is hurt from my tweet. I had no intention to hurt anyone. I have withdrawn the tweet soon after realising that it had hurt people. Let us end this discussion.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nalin Kumar Kateel has identified himself on his official twitter handle as Chowkidar Nalinkumar Kateel.</p>
<p class="title">Dakshina Kannada sitting MP Nalin Kumar Kateel’s tweet comparing Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has drawn a lot of flak.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He later deleted the tweet following criticisms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Thursday, at 1.27 pm, Kateel on his twitter handle @nalinkateel had tweeted in Kannada “Godse killed just one, Ajmal Kasab killed 72 and Rajiv Gandhi killed 17,000. Now you tell who is the gruesome murderer?.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tweet was retweeted and liked by many. However, a large section of netizens had criticised tweet for making such a derogatory remark.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Friday, at 12.03 pm, Kateel tendered an apology by tweeting, “I have observed that people have been expressing their anguish over my tweet. I tender my apology if anyone is hurt from my tweet. I had no intention to hurt anyone. I have withdrawn the tweet soon after realising that it had hurt people. Let us end this discussion.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nalin Kumar Kateel has identified himself on his official twitter handle as Chowkidar Nalinkumar Kateel.</p>
