Veer Savarkar: Ranjit Savarkar, grandson of Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, has registered a complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for “insulting” the great freedom fighter. However, no FIR has been registered yet in this regard.
In his complaint filed at Shivaji Park police station in Mumbai, Savarkar also demanded that Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole should be booked for “making similar statements”.
Ranjit said, “In the past too, they have insulted Savarkar, so we have filed a complaint against Rahul Gandhi at the Shivaji Park police station. A woman had made comments against Sharad Pawar and she was kept in jail for a month. Savarkar is a bigger leader than Pawar and hence strict action should be taken against Congress leaders,” he said.
Rahul’s comment
Rahul Gandhi while attending a Tribal Convention during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hingoli on Tuesday, said that Hindutva ideologue, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar used to take a pension from the British and worked against Congress.
“In Andaman jail, Savarkar wrote a letter and told the British to forgive him and release him from jail. Veer Savarkar took a pension from the British, he worked against Congress. After coming out of jail he accepted the British proposal and joined their force. The difference between Savarkar and Birsa Munda is, he fought against the British when he was 24 years old,” he said.
Slams BJP
Rahul Gandhi said tribal leader Birsa Munda fought against the British but nowadays his ideology is being attacked by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
While addressing the Convention, Rahul Gandhi said, “Birsa Munda fought against the British. When he was only 24 years old the British killed him. He did everything in his 24 years. Birsa Munda`s ideology is being attacked by RSS and BJP. They have (BJP) deep strategy behind changing the name of tribal people from `Adivasi` to `Vanvasi`, and with this, they have seized many rights of them.”
Constitution misuse
He alleged that the BJP government is continuously misusing the Constitution. “Constitution was written by Dr Ambedkar and under the Congress government. At that time BJP said we don`t want the constitution and now they are continuously misusing the constitution,” said he said.
He further claimed that Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar used to take pension from the British and worked against the Congress. Birsa Munda, who belonged to the Munda tribe, was born on November 15 in 1875.
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