Pro-Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj warns of stir against

Condemning glorification of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, pro-Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj Friday said his outfit will launch a statewide agitation if anyone insulted the Father of the Nation.

The Kannada Chalavali VatalPaksha (KCVP) leader also demanded that the Maharashtra government immediately suspend a woman IAS officer, who courted controversy by tweeting that Gandhi's statues should be removed across the world.

"In the recent past we are hearing derogatory statementsagainst Mahatma Gandhi. I caution them that KCVP will carry out a vehement agitation if anyoneinsults Mahatma Gandhi, opposes his statues, or glorifiessinister Nathuram Godse who killed him," Nagarajtold reporters here.

Anybody trying to glorify Nathuram Godse should be punished severely, he said.

Describing the action of the IAS officer as "unpardonable crime", he said: "She has still not been thrown out or suspended. The officer should be immediately suspended."