RAHUL STEPS UP ATTACK ON SAVARKAR, GOVT WANTS APOLOGY

MUMBAI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi continued his offensive against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on Thursday, reiterating that the Hindutva ideologue indeed helped the British government during the freedom struggle. Reacting to this, the Shinde-Fadnavis government passed a resolution, condemning his remarks and demanded an apology, while Savarkar’s grandnephew Ranjit Savarkar filed a police complaint against Gandhi.

Gandhi reached Akola on Thursday as Bharat Jodo Yatra entered its last leg in Maharashtra. “I have a document that comprises Savarkar’s letter to the British in which he has stated, ‘I beg to remain sir your most obedient servant’. Let everyone read this,” he said.