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Targetting the BJP, Tushar, the grandson of the Mahatma, said the saffron party has "(Nathuram) Godse (assassin of the Mahatma) in mind and Gandhi on their lips.
The miscreants also wrote "anti-national" on the picture of the Mahatma that was put up on a hoarding-like structure inside the Bhawan.
Tushar Gandhi also finds the government's plans to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in a grand manner "only symbolic".
He was referring to his speech on the occasion of Hindi Divas on Saturday where he made a pitch for a common language for India, drawing strong reaction from southern parties which vowed to oppose any attempt to 'impose' Hindi.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said people should respect all languages and cultures equally but not at the cost of their mother tongues.
She will be now placed under the Flag Officer-Commanding-in-Chief, SNC and re-based at Kochi.
Nitish Kumar, president of BJP's strong ally JD(U), made it clear that his party would not tolerate such things.
Earlier in the day, Thakur had ignited a political storm by claiming that the Gandhi's assassin was a patriot and will remain one.
Upadhyay, also a lawyer, alleged Haasan 'deliberately' made the statement in the presence of a Muslim majority crowd for electoral gains.
Narayan Sai's lawyer told reporters after the sentencing that they would appeal in the high court for his release on bail within next 60 days.