FULL TEXT: ‘Not in Gandhiji’s name,’ says Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson to Gopalkrishna Gandhi

The Opposition Vice-Presidential candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s nephew Shrikrishna Kulkarni has written a letter to him registering protest against his candidature. While Gopalkrishna Gandhi​ is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, ​Srikrishna Kulkarni is Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson.

My dear Gopu mama,

At the onset, I want to congratulate you on being a candidate for the post of the Vice President of India. While one part of me is very happy for you – as this is a step in the direction of you realizing your long standing political ambition, the other part of me – the “citizen common man”, is once again dismayed by your choice of whom you offered your candidature to.

One of your grandfathers and one of my great grandfathers, happens to be the same man – Mohandas K. Gandhi. We therefore share a common heritage. It is this common heritage that made me agonize and hesitate for the past one week in writing this open letter to you. But in the end, I do feel it is important that I put down my views in the public domain. The only reason for me to write an open letter is that you are now a candidate for a public position and …read more