Maharashtra: Pune police book 2 Congress workers for vandalizing Savarkar's statue

The Maharashtra Police on Friday booked two persons for allegedly pasting a banner written with Maafiveer at the freedom fighter VD Savarkar Smarak in Swargate area of Maharashtras PuneAccording to Senior Inspector Ashok Indulkar at Swargate Police station these persons have been identified as Congress workers and are booked under sections 188 Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant 504 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and 153 Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot of the Indian Penal CodeNotably there is a political storm going on in Maharashtra after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi made remarks against Savarkar on ThursdayRahul Gandhi on Thursday during Bharat Jodo yatra raked up Veer Savarkar and alleged that he betrayed leaders like MK Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel by signing a letter of apology to the British before independenceAlso read Police visit office of Aaftab Poonawala in Gurugram search for evidenceReacting to this Union Minister took a potshot at Rahul Gandhi on Friday saying that the Congress leader is doing Bharat Jodo Yatra with the tukde tukde gangRahul Gandhi doing Bharat Jodo Yatra with tukde tukde gang He spoke about Hindu terror stood with people who tried to divide India in JNU and now hes raising questions on Veer Savarkar Its Congres mentality they dont see anything beyond one family said Anurag ThakurBharatiya Janata Party leader Ashish Shelar has condemned Congress MP Rahul Gandhis remarks on freedom fighter VD Savarkar during the Bharat Jodo YatraRahul Gandhi must not have read his grandmothers letter He does not seem to have read Nehruji Since Rahul Gandhi was elected from Kerala he seems to know only the green flag and seems to have studied tactics to appease only the vote bank of the green flag And hence his statement seems daft And we condemn it BJPs Ashish Shelar said on November 17Shelar further mentioned a letter from former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi and said Former Prime Minister of India late Indira Gandhi in one of her letters had called Swatantryaveer Savarkar as the Son of India and had also referred to him as Veer Savarkar She had also mentioned that Savarkar had fought a valiant war against the British and that it will go down in historyMeanwhile Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena leader Vandana Dongre has filed a complaint against the Wayanad MP in the Thane Nagar police station stating that the sentiments of the local citizens were hurt by Gandhis remarks A case of NonCognizable NCR Offense has been registered under section 500 501 of IPCRahul 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 saidWe will not tolerate the defamation of our great men in the soil of Maharashtra she addedBalasahebs Shiv Sena party also took out a protest march on Thursday in Thane to protest against Rahul Gandhis remarksThe spokesperson of Balasahebs 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 himEarlier yesterday BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra attacked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his statement on Veer Savarkar labelling it deplorable and demanding an apology from himRahul Gandhi has insulted Veer Savarkar He is the pride of the country The words that he used for Savarkar are extremely shameful and deplorable Patra had saidVeer Savarkar is a great freedom fighter who is very close to our hearts Even former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called him a great freedom fighter who fought against the British Now the Gandhi family should answer if Indira Gandhi lied or did Rahul Gandhi he addedPatra further accused the Gandhis of insulting Subhas Chandra Bose Sardar Patel and other heroes of the countrys freedom struggleThe Gandhi family thinks that theirs were the only freedom fighters to fight for the countrys freedom and went to jail They think that the whole concept of Bharat Varsh is within the Gandhi family This family has insulted leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose and Vallabhai Patel because of which it is facing an existential crisis across the country today he saidOn Tuesday Rahul attended a tribal convention during the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Hingoli in Maharashtra on the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav DiwasEven at this function Rahul hit out at Savarkar claiming that the saffron ideologue took a pension from the British government in lieu of working against the CongressWhile he was lodged in Andaman jail Savarkar wrote a letter to the British pleading with them that he be pardoned and released He took a pension from the British and worked against Congress After coming out of jail he accepted the British proposal and joined their force The difference between Savarkar and Birsa Munda is that he died fighting against the British when he was just 24 years old he 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