Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has described Veer Savarkar as progressive. He has given this statement at a time when there has been a ruckus in Maharashtra over Rahul Gandhi’s remarks. , The progressive side of Savarkar should be seen: Pawar Things have been said. As I said earlier also we should see the progressive side of Savarkar. Today he is not here. That’s why there is no need to discuss any topic about those who are not here. Savarkar is not a national issue.

Pawar asks Congress to soften its stand

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sharad Pawar apprised the Congress leadership of Shiv Sena’s concerns on this issue after the political upheaval in Maharashtra politics following VD Savarkar’s scathing criticism. Opposition leaders said that the Congress has agreed to soften its stand on the criticism of Savarkar.

Maharashtra | Savarkar has said many progressive things. As I said earlier also that we should see the progressive side of Savarkar. Today he is not here. So there is no need to discuss any topic about those who are not here. Savarkar is not a national issue: NCP chief Sharad… pic.twitter.com/1oE6Vemo15

— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2023 Savarkar was never a member of the RSS: Pawar

Pawar also told Rahul Gandhi that Savarkar was never a member of the RSS and underlined that the real battle of the opposition parties is with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

) After Rahul Gandhi’s comment on Savarkar, there was a rift in the Congress-Uddhav Thackeray faction

Due to the criticism of Savarkar by Rahul Gandhi and the Congress, its alliance partners in Maharashtra, the NCP and the Shiv Sena, had become uneasy. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said he had raised the Savarkar issue in his talks with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi and there is a consensus on the matter among MVA allies. Raut said, the MVA alliance is intact. If anyone thinks that MVA will break, he is wrong.

What statement did Rahul Gandhi give on Savarkar

Actually two years sentence from Surat court and Parliament After the termination of membership, Rahul Gandhi did a bang press conference. In which he said on the demand of BJP’s apology for the statement given in London that he is not Savarkar but Gandhi and Gandhi never apologises. After this statement of Rahul, where BJP and RSS protested, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and MP Sanjay Raut asked Rahul Gandhi to refrain from commenting on Savarkar. Told that Savarkar is his ideal, will not tolerate comments against him.

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Sat, Apr 1, 2023, 10: 40 PM IST