Hyderabad: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh for his comments that “At the request of Mahatma Gandhi, Savarkar wrote a Mercy Petition to England”, Head of Aimim Asaduddin Owaisa on Tuesday will soon declare Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as a ‘Father of the Nation’.
Speaking to Ani, Owaisa said: “They (BJP) present a distorted history.
If this continues, they will remove Mahatma Gandhi and make Savarkar, who accused of murdering Mahatma Gandhi and said involved in the investigation of Jeevan Lal Lalur judges, as the father of the nation.
“Earlier on Tuesday, the Minister of Defense had stated that it was at Mahatma Gandhi’s request that Savaysar wrote a compassion of compassion to England.
He spoke at the launch of the book ‘Veer Savarkar: a man who could prevent partitions’.
“Lies are spread about Savarkar.
Time and again, it is said that he submits compassion before the British government seeks his release from prison.
It is Mahatma Gandhi who asked him to apply for mercy,” Singh said at the event.