Rahul can never be Savarkar even in his best dreams: Anurag Thakur

Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi Union Minister Anurag Thakur has said the Congress leader can never be Veer Savarkar even in his best dreams as it required strong determination and love for the countryThakur was responding to repeated assertions by Rahul Gandhi that Savarkar was an apologist of the British colonisers and that he would never express any regret for criticising the BJPled governmentDear Shri Gandhi you can never be SAVARKAR even in your best dreams because being Savarkar requires strong determination love for Bharat selflessness and commitment the senior BJP leader said on Twitter on SundayRahul Gandhi can never be Savarkar even by a long shot because the freedom fighter neither travelled abroad for six months of the year nor sought help from foreigners against his country Thakur saidHe went to Britain to launch a movement to free Mother India from the chains of slavery the information and broadcasting minister said and added that it is time to expose lie master Rahul Gandhi for his nonstop nonsense against Veer Savarkar jiAlso Read Gandhirsquos turn to return the giftThakur also posted on Twitter a letter written by former prime minister Indira Gandhi on the occasion of the birth centenary of SavarkarVeer Savarkars daring defiance of the British government has its own important place in the annals of our freedom movement I wish success to the plans to celebrate the birth centenary of this remarkable son of India Indira Gandhi had written in her letter dated May 20 1980Thakur said the central government had released a documentary on Savarkar during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as prime minister to acknowledge his valour sacrifice and selfless service to the nationThe minister also shared excerpts from Bhagat Singhs Jail Notebook in which the revolutionary freedom fighter had made notes from books authored by SavarkarEven the Congress at its Kakinada Session in 1923 had passed resolutions supporting Savarkar the BJP leader said He said Indira Gandhi had even issued a postal stamp to acknowledge the contribution of Savarkar to the freedom movementJust imagine a person whose grandmother had honoured the great personality Veer Savarkar and none of the great men of that era have spoken ill about him By saying all these things Rahul Gandhi is not insulting Savarkar but his grandmother Netaji Bose Bhagat Singh and even Mahatma Gandhiji Thakur saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever