Complaint Registered Against Rahul Gandhi For Remarks Against Savarkar

Thane (Maharashtra): A complaint has been filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making ‘derogatory remarks’ against freedom fighter VD Savarkar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The complaint was filed on Thursday in the Thane Nagar police station stating that the sentiments of the local citizens were hurt by Gandhi’s remarks. A case of Non-Cognizable (NCR) Offence has been registered under section 500, 501 of IPC.

Rahul Gandhi, during a press conference in Maharashtra’s Akola on Thursday, had alleged that Savarkar betrayed leaders like M.K Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel by signing a letter of apology to the British before independence.

‘Veer Savarkar, in a letter written to the British, said ‘Sir, I beg to remain your most obedient servant’ and signed on it. Savarkar helped the British. He betrayed leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel by signing the letter out of fear,’ Rahul said.

Filing a complaint against Gandhi for his remarks, the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena leader, who is also the party’s Mahila Aghadi head, said that she will not tolerate the ‘defamation of our great men’.

‘Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra made a statement defaming the freedom fighter Savarkar and due to this the sentiments of the local citizens have been hurt,’ Dongre said.

‘We will not tolerate the defamation of our great men in the soil of Maharashtra,’ she added.

Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena party also took out a protest march on Thursday in Thane to protest against Rahul Gandhi’s remarks.

The spokesperson of Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena party and Maharashtra state coordinator Naresh Mhaske also demanded during the march yesterday that the police should file a case against Rahul Gandhi for his statement and arrest him.

After that, the case was registered in the evening.