New Delhi: The Congress on Friday changed the profile picture on the party's Facebook and Twitter handle to that of Mahatma Gandhi. The move comes in the wake of a raging controversy over BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks in support of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.

Thakur had on Thursday sparked outrage that cut across party lines after she called Godse a "patriot". When questioned about actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's remark that India's first terrorist was a Hindu (in reference to Godse), she said, "Nathuram Godse was a 'deshbhakt', is a 'deshbhakt' and will remain a 'deshbhakt'."