Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 18 (ANI): The Maharashtra Police on Friday booked two individuals for allegedly pasting a banner written with “Maafiveer” on the freedom fighter VD Savarkar Smarak in Swargate space of Maharashtra’s Pune.
In line with Senior Inspector Ashok Indulkar at Swargate Police station, these individuals have been recognized as Congress staff and are booked underneath sections 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace), and 153 (Wantonly giving provocation with intent to trigger riot) of the Indian Penal Code.
Notably, there’s a political storm occurring in Maharashtra after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi made remarks towards Savarkar on Thursday.
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, throughout Bharat Jodo yatra, raked up Veer Savarkar and alleged that he betrayed leaders like M.Okay Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel by signing a letter of apology to the British earlier than independence.
Reacting to this, Union Minister took a potshot at Rahul Gandhi on Friday saying that the Congress chief is doing Bharat Jodo Yatra with the ‘tukde tukde gang’.
“Rahul Gandhi doing Bharat Jodo Yatra with ‘tukde tukde gang’. He spoke about Hindu terror, stood with individuals who tried to divide India in JNU and now he’s elevating questions on Veer Savarkar. It’s Congres’ mentality, they don’t see something past one household,” mentioned Anurag Thakur.
Bharatiya Janata Get together chief Ashish Shelar has condemned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on freedom fighter VD Savarkar throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“Rahul Gandhi should not have learn his grandmother’s letter. He doesn’t appear to have learn Nehruji. Since Rahul Gandhi was elected from Kerala, he appears to know solely the ‘inexperienced flag’ and appears to have studied techniques to appease solely the vote financial institution of the ‘inexperienced flag’. And therefore his assertion appears daft. And we condemn it,” BJP’s Ashish Shelar mentioned on November 17.
Shelar additional talked about a letter from former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi and mentioned, “Former Prime Minister of India late. Indira Gandhi in considered one of her letters had referred to as Swatantryaveer Savarkar because the ‘Son of India’ and had additionally referred to him as ‘Veer Savarkar’. She had additionally talked about that Savarkar had fought a valiant struggle towards the British and that it’ll go down in historical past.”
In the meantime, Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena chief Vandana Dongre has filed a grievance towards the Wayanad MP within the Thane Nagar police station stating that the feelings of the native residents had been harm by Gandhi’s remarks. A case of Non-Cognizable (NCR) Offense has been registered underneath part 500, 501 of IPC.
“Rahul Gandhi throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra made an announcement defaming the liberty fighter Savarkar and resulting from this the feelings of the native residents have been harm,” Dongre mentioned.
“We won’t tolerate the defamation of our nice males within the soil of Maharashtra,” she added.
Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena get together additionally took out a protest march on Thursday in Thane to protest towards Rahul Gandhi’s remarks.
The spokesperson of Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena get together and Maharashtra state coordinator Naresh Mhaske additionally demanded throughout the march yesterday that the police ought to file a case towards Rahul Gandhi for his assertion and arrest him.
Earlier yesterday, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra attacked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his assertion on Veer Savarkar, labelling it ‘deplorable’ and demanding an apology from him.
“Rahul Gandhi has insulted Veer Savarkar. He’s the pleasure of the nation. The phrases that he used for Savarkar are extraordinarily shameful and deplorable,” Patra had mentioned.
“Veer Savarkar is a superb freedom fighter who may be very near our hearts. Even former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi referred to as him an amazing freedom fighter who fought towards the British. Now, the Gandhi household ought to reply if Indira Gandhi lied or did Rahul Gandhi?” he added.
Patra additional accused the Gandhis of insulting Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel and different heroes of the nation’s freedom battle.
“The Gandhi household thinks that theirs had been the one freedom fighters to battle for the nation’s freedom and went to jail. They assume that the entire idea of ‘Bharat Varsh’ is inside the Gandhi household. This household has insulted leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose and Vallabhai Patel due to which it’s dealing with an existential disaster throughout the nation at the moment,” he mentioned.
On Tuesday, Rahul attended a tribal conference throughout the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ at Hingoli in Maharashtra on the event of ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’.
Even at this perform, Rahul hit out at Savarkar claiming that the saffron ideologue took a pension from the British authorities in lieu of working towards the Congress.
“Whereas he was lodged in Andaman jail, Savarkar wrote a letter to the British pleading with them that he be pardoned and launched. He took a pension from the British and labored towards Congress. After popping out of jail, he accepted the British proposal and joined their pressure. The distinction between Savarkar and Birsa Munda is that he died preventing towards the British when he was simply 24 years outdated,” he mentioned. (ANI)
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