Nathuram Godse was a learned man, very sharp and intelligent editor of "Agrani" (one of the most famous

newspaper of that time with Nana Aapte). In his last edi torial of "Agrani" which he changed overnight he said "Gandhi must be stopped at any cost" and he justified why Gandhiji's assassination was not only inevitable but also a delayed action, sth tht shud've happened LONG AGO. In Nathuram's words - " I don't refute Gandhi's theory of non-violence. He may b e a saint but he is not a politician. His theory of non-violence denies self-def ence and self-interest. The non-violence that defines the fight for survival as violence is a theory not of non-violence but of self-destruction.The division of the nation was an unnecessary decision. What was the percentage of the Muslim p opulation as compared to the population of the nation? There was no need for a s eparate nation. Had it been a just demand, Maulana Azad would not have stayed ba ck in India. But because Jinnah insisted and because Gandhi took his side, India was divided, in spite of opposition from the nation, the Cabinet. An individual is never greater than a nation. In a democracy you cannot put forward your demands at knife-point. Jinnah did it and Gandhi stabbed the nation with the same knife. He dissected the land and ga ve a piece to Pakistan. We did picket that time but in vain. The Father of our N ation went to perform his paternal duties for Pakistan! Gandhi blackmailed the c abinet with his fast unto death. His body, his threats to die are causing the de struction geographical as well as economical of the nation. Today, Muslims have taken a part of the nation, tomorrow Sikhs may ask for Punjab. The religions are again dividend into castes, they will demand sub-divisions of the divisions. Wh at remains of the concept of one nation, national integration? Why did we fight the British in unison for independence? Why not separately? Bhagat Singh did not ask only for an independent Punjab or Subhash Chandra Bose for an independent B engal? I am going to assassinate him in the open, before the public, because I am going to do it as my duty. If I do it surreptitiously, it becomes a crime in my own e yes. I will not try to escape, I will surrender and naturally I will be hanged. One assassination, one hanging. I don't want two executions for one assassinatio n and I don't want your involvement, participation or company. (This was for Nan a-Apte and Veer Savarkar as they were against ghandhi's policies too, Godse want ed to assassinate gandhi all by himself and took promise from Nana Apte that he will continue helping Veer Savarkar in rebuilding India as a strong free nation. ) On January 30, I reached Birla Bhavan at 12 pm. Gandhi was sitting outside on a cot enjoying the sunshine. Vallabhbhai Patel's granddaughter was sitting at his feet. I had the revolver with me. I could have assassinated him easily then, but I was convinced that his assassination was to be a punishment and a sentence ag ainst him, and I would execute him. I wanted witnesses for the execution but the re were none. I did not want to escape after the execution as there was not an i ota of guilt in my mind. I wanted to surrender, but surrender to whom? There was a good crowd to collect for the evening prayers. I decided on the evening of Ja nuary 30 as the date for Gandhi's execution. Gandhi climbed the steps and came forward. He had kept his hands on the shoulder s of the two girls. I wanted just three seconds more. I moved two steps forward and faced Gandhi. Now I wanted to take out the revolver and salute him for whate ver sacrifice and service he had made for the nation. One of the two girls was d angerously close to Gandhi and I was afraid that she might be injured in the cou rse of firing. As a precautionary measure I went one more step ahead, bowed befo re him and gently pushed the girl away from the firing line. The next moment I f ired at Gandhi. Gandhi was very weak, there was a feeble sound like 'aah' (There are proof that Gandhi did NOT say "Hey Raam" at that time it's just made up stu ff ) from him and he fell down.

After the firing I raised my hand holding the revolver and shouted, 'Police, pol ice'. For 30 seconds nobody came forward and I scanned the crowd. I saw a police officer. I signalled to him to come forward and arrest me. He came and caught m y wrist, then a second man came and touched the revolver I let it go " with Mithun Mithuleshwar and Suhas Hoodies.