Editing Nathuram Godse (section)

==Attempts at image rehabilitation==
''[[Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy]]'' (This is Nathuram Godse Speaking) is a two-act play written in the [[Marathi language]] by Pradeep Dalvi.<ref name="HT-20110204">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Political-drama-surrounds-play-on-Nathuram-Godse/Article1-658335.aspx|title=Political drama surrounds play on Nathuram Godse|last=Kurian|first=Susamma|date=2011-02-04|publisher=HT Media|accessdate=9 April 2012|location=New Delhi|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324235733/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Political-drama-surrounds-play-on-Nathuram-Godse/Article1-658335.aspx|archivedate=24 March 2013}}</ref>  It is based on the book ''May It Please Your Honour'' written by Gopal Godse. According to Karline McLain, the play "enacts Godse's defense plea" and thus "explores the assassination of [[Gandhi]] and the trial of Godse from Godse's point of view.<ref name="McLain2009">{{cite book|author=Karline McLain|title=India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4-Su0whKa0C&pg=PA192|accessdate=10 April 2012|date=11 February 2009|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-22052-3|pages=192}}</ref>

In 2014, following the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s rise to power, the Hindu Mahasabha began attempts to rehabilitate Godse and portray him as a patriot. It requested Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] to install a bust of Godse. It created a documentary film ''Desh Bhakt Nathuram Godse'' (Patriot Nathuram Godse) for release on the death anniversary of Gandhi on 30 January 2015.<ref name=mahasabha>
{{cite news|first=Debobrat|last=Ghose|title=Hindu Mahasabha head speaks to FP: Godse was a 'martyr' and 'patriot'|newspaper=Firstpost|date=21 December 2014|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/hindu-mahasabha-head-speaks-fp-godse-martyr-patriot-1977649.html|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref>
There were attempts to build a temple for Godse and to celebrate 30 January as a ''Shaurya Diwas'' ("Bravery Day").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141224/nation-current-affairs/article/hindu-mahasabha-announces-godse-temple|title=Hindu Mahasabha announces Godse temple|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=24 December 2014}}</ref> A civil suit was filed in Pune Court asking for a ban on the documentary film.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pune-court-to-hear-suit-against-godse-film/article6724649.ece|title=Pune court to hear suit against Godse film|author=PTI|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

In May 2019, in the lead up to the final phase of [[2019 Indian general election|Indian elections]], BJP's candidate from [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhopal]], [[Pragya Singh Thakur|Pragya Thakur]], called Godse a "patriot".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-nathuram-godse-a-patriot-says-bjp-s-pragya-thakur/story-uq5EU9OWje7r5tmORd7UsK.html|title='Nathuram Godse was a patriot,' says BJP's Pragya Thakur; sparks outrage|date=2019-05-16|website=www.hindustantimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> Facing intense backlash, she apologised later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/pragya-singh-thakur-nathuram-godse-terrorist-deshbhakt-lok-sabha-elections-kamal-haasan5731029/|title=Under fire, BJP's Pragya Thakur apologises for calling Godse a 'deshbhakt'|date=2019-05-16|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>

As [[Hindutva]] politics became more widespread in India, there have been attempts to commemorate Godse. The city of [[Meerut]] was proposed to be renamed after him but the possibility of such a name change was ruled out by the District Magistrate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/world/asia/india-gandhi-nathuram-godse.html|title=Gandhi's Killer Evokes Admiration as Never Before|last=Yasir|first=Sameer|date=2020-02-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mamtany|first=Sidhant|date=2019-12-24|title='Meerut will not become Pandit Nathuram Godse Nagar', DM rules out possibility of name change|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/meerut-nathuram-godse-nagar-name-will-not-change-up-government-573743|access-date=2020-06-14|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref>