In promising Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar, BJP pushes hardliner Hindutva
In a major poll promise, the ruling saffron party made a strong pitch for honouring Late Savarakar and two other off-springs of Maharashtra Savitribai Phule and Jyotiba Phule with the country’s highest civilian award.…
Congress has more often questioned the BJP’s intent to describe Veer Savarkar, one of the early proponents of Hindutva-nationalistic politics, as a ‘patriot’ and has maintained that he was released by Britishers during freedom struggle after a clemency plea in 1937.…
The party leaders are taking the line that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah (also the Union Home Minister) have given a clear message and a befitting reply to those who were endorsing militancy.…
SEE ALSO:
- BJP seeks Bharat Ratna for Vinayak Savarkar (Oct 16, 2019, The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bjp-seeks-bharat-ratna-for-vinayak-savarkar/cid/1712039 - “God Save This Country” If VD Savarkar Given Bharat Ratna: Congress (Oct 15, 2019, NDTV)
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/manish-tewari-congress-god-save-this-country-if-vd-savarkar-given-bharat-ratna-2117362 - ‘Not in favour of Savarkar’s Hindutva ideology’, says Manmohan Singh (Oct 17, 2019, Hindustan Times)
https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/not-in-favour-of-savarkar-s-hindutva-ideology-says-manmohan-singh/story-PPdB1NbE2eJ9dFc2ujca9H_amp.html - Does Savarkar deserve the Bharat Ratna? (Oct 17, 2019, India Today)
https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/does-savarkar-deserve-the-bharat-ratna-1610255-2019-10-17
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