Everybody knows that Dr Pandey is not the first person from the Hindutva fraternity to call Nathuram a 'patriot'. Anyone conversant with Hindutva politics can share how formations, people close to the right wing Hindutva politics have been engaged in praising Godse surreptitiously or not so surreptitiously since decades. Fringe Hindutva groups have been formally organising programmes on November 15 – the day Godse was hanged for his crime – in Maharashtra and parts of Western India. Reports of public programmes held in Mumbai and Pune to commemorate Godse's 'legacy' have time and again appeared in the newspapers also.