Union Minister Anurag Thakur. File
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Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Anurag Thakur has stated the Congress chief can never be Veer Savarkar even in his “best dreams” because it required sturdy willpower and love for the nation.
Mr. Thakur was responding to repeated assertions by Rahul Gandhi that Savarkar was an “apologist” of the British colonisers and that he would never categorical any remorse for criticising the BJP-led authorities.
“Dear Shri Gandhi, you can never be SAVARKAR even in your best dreams because being Savarkar requires strong determination, love for Bharat, selflessness and commitment,” the senior BJP chief tweeted on March 26.
“Rahul Gandhi can never be Savarkar even by a long shot because the freedom fighter neither travelled abroad for six months of the year nor sought help from foreigners against his country,” Mr. Thakur stated.
“He went to Britain to launch a movement to free Mother India from the chains of slavery,” the Information and Broadcasting Minister stated, including that it’s time to “expose lie master Rahul Gandhi for his non-stop nonsense against Veer Savarkar ji”.
Mr. Thakur additionally posted on Twitter a letter written by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the event of the delivery centenary of Savarkar.
“Veer Savarkar’s daring defiance of the British government has its own important place in the annals of our freedom movement. I wish success to the plans to celebrate the birth centenary of this remarkable son of India,” Indira Gandhi had written in her letter dated May 20, 1980.
Mr. Thakur stated the Central authorities had launched a documentary on Veer Savarkar through the tenure of Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister to “acknowledge his valour, sacrifice, and selfless service to the nation”.
The Minister additionally shared excerpts from “Bhagat Singh’s Jail Notebook” in which the revolutionary freedom fighter had made notes from books authored by Savarkar.
“Even the Congress at its Kakinada Session in 1923 had passed resolutions supporting Savarkar,” the BJP chief stated. He stated Indira Gandhi had even issued a postal stamp to acknowledge the contribution of Savarkar to the liberty motion.
“Just imagine, a person whose grandmother had honoured the great personality Veer Savarkar and none of the great men of that era have spoken ill about him. By saying all these things Rahul Gandhi is not insulting Savarkar but his grandmother, Netaji Bose, Bhagat Singh and even (Mahatma) Gandhiji,” Mr. Thakur stated.
