Sharad Pawar should ask Rahul Gandhi to apologise: Veer Savarkar's grandson

Grandson of Veer Savarkar Ranjit Savarkar on Tuesday said that he would file an FIR against Rahul Gandhi for his remarks over Veer Savarkar and added that NCP chief Sharad Pawar should ask the Congress leader to apologiseThis comes days after Rahul Gandhi in a press conference said My name is not Savarkar my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology to anyoneSpeaking to ANI Ranjit Savarkar asked Uddhav Thackeray to take action against the Congress leaderUddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut have a lot of respect for Savarkar personally but they should go ahead and ask Rahul Gandhi to apologise for his statements on Savarkar It is common that you do not be with someone who insults your god It is his political decision If he respects Savarkar he should not only say but take some action in this regard he saidAlso Read Kharge slams Centre after Rahul asked to vacate bungalowHe alleged that Thackeray while being a chief minister earlier did not take any action against a Congress mouthpiece which he claimed had insulted SavarkarWhen Uddhav Thackeray was the Chief Minister a Congress mouthpiece had used filthy language against Savarkar I had then demanded from the Chief Minister to take some action against it But I did not get any answer of my letter and no action was taken I have filed cases in the past also for his remarks I will file an FIR against Rahul Gandhi if he does not apologise for his statement on Savarkar he saidEarlier today speaking to the media Ranjit Savarkar said that Sharad Pawar should ask Rahul Gandhi whose party is in alliance in Maharashtra to apologiseSharad Pawar ji has a lot of respect for Savarkar but he should go ahead and ask Rahul Gandhi to apologise for the statements he has given so far on Savarkar he saidStating that Thackerays respect for Savarkar does not make sense unless they show their support for the freedom fighterSanjay Raut and Uddhav Thackeray may have respect for Savarkar but until and unless they show their support for Savarkar it does not make sense Even after giving an ultimatum Congress did not stop and they Uddhav Thackeray faction have not separated Congress yet he saidIt is really sad to see how Savarkars name is being defamed by Rahul Gandhi for politics It seems they are polarizing Muslims also In Maharashtra also politics is being done in Savarkars name I request not to use the name of Savarkar for their own benefit Ranjit Savarkar addedEarlier Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that he considers Savarkar his idol and warned that demeaning Savarkar would create cracks in the opposition allianceUddhav further asked the Congress leader to refrain from insulting himSavarkar suffered unimaginable torture in the Andaman cellular jail for 14 years We can only read the sufferings It is a form of sacrifice We will not tolerate the insult of Savarkar Uddhav saidHe further said that there would be cracks in the opposition alliance if Gandhi continues to demean SavarkarVeer Savarkar is our God and any disrespect towards him will not be tolerated We are prepared to fight but insulting our Gods is not something we will tolerate the Shiv Sena UBT chief 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