Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of shedding crocodile tears over Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's statement that Nathuram Godse, who killed Mahatma Gandhi, was a "patriot."

"Prime Minister Modi is the one who had made Thakur the party's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal. The Prime Minister's crocodile tears will not work. He must take away her candidature and voting right. Every person who talks against Mahatma Gandhi should be deprived of his voting right," said Singh while speaking to media persons here.