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Recent comments by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar have caused a furore in Maharashtra, with Uddhav Thackeray, whose Shiv Sena is a Congress ally in the state, saying he does not agree with Rahul. Reading out excerpts from Savarkar’s mercy petition to the British, Rahul had said that in the letter, Savarkar calls himself an obedient servant. “Wasn’t it the betrayal of freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel and Pandit Nehru who sacrificed their lives for the country but never bowed in front of the British,” he said. Savarkar is a much-debated figure, as he...
