Mumbai:
BJP icon VD Savarkar, a Chitpavan brahmin, not solely was a non-vegetarian, “many say he even ate beef”, stated Karnataka Well being minister Dinesh Gundu Rao at present, triggering off the subsequent large political controversy forward of the meeting election in Maharashtra. He additionally stated that Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, was not a fundamentalist however Savarkar was. The BJP has began vociferous protests, and Savarkar’s grandson has threatened to file a defamation swimsuit towards the Karnataka chief.
“Savarkar, a ‘Chitpavan Brahmin’, used to eat meat. He was a non-veg eater and he was not towards cow slaughter… Some say that he used to eat beef as properly. As a Brahmin, he used to eat meat and was overtly propagating consuming meat,” Mr Rao stated days after Maharashtra declared the indigenous cow because the “Rajmata-Gomata”.
BJP nationwide spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi lashed out on the Congress, demanding that the social gathering title any of its high leaders who was handed down double life imprisonment and lodged on the mobile jail in Andaman-Nicobar Islands by the British.
“Insulting Veer Savarkar, who was an inspiration to revolutionaries within the nation, is akin to spitting on the moon,” stated BJP nationwide normal secretary Tarun Chugh.
“Kanhaiya Kumar, who raises ‘bharat tere tukde honge’ slogan, is embraced. Pink carpet is rolled out for many who contemplate Afzal Guru (Parliament assault convict) a hero…What sort of ‘mohabbat ki dukan’ Rahul Gandhi has opened the place the martyrs and freedom fighters are insulted?” he stated.
The Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde warned that if the Congress stored on insulting Savarkar, they may get theri comeuppence within the election. “The remark made by the Well being Minister of Karnataka on Veer Savarkar is totally condemnable; it’s an insult to him,” stated social gathering chief Sanjay Nirupam.
Ranjit Savarkar, the grandson of Veer Savarkar, stated the claims of Veer Savarkar “consuming beef” had been false and he would additionally file a defamation swimsuit towards Rao for his assertion, he stated.
It’s the Congress technique to defame Savarkar, particularly forward of elections, he stated. “Earlier, Rahul Gandhi was doing it and now his leaders are making statements… The Congress desires to divide Hindu society between castes and win elections. That is just like the Britisher’s coverage of divide and rule,” he was quoted as saying by information company Press Belief of India.
“The assertion about Savarkar consuming beef and supporting cow slaughter is fake. His unique article in Marathi meant that cows had been very helpful and that is why they’re thought of deities. He was additionally the president of a Gau Raksha Sammelan… I’m going to file a defamation swimsuit towards him,” he added.
He additional claimed that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had all the time adopted the insurance policies of Veer Savarkar and by no means adopted a single coverage of Jawaharlal Nehru or Mahatma Gandhi.