Ranjit Savarkar, the great-grandson of 'Veer' Savarkar was sharing his views on mentioning the freedom fighter and nationalist Veer Savarkar, which Rahul Gandhi had managed to do in Lok Sabha on Sunday. He went on to open up over "the world's greatest honey trap.
Given that Rahul Gandhi has been lately time and again making personal remarks on Savarkar, Ranjit Savarkar claimed that he does it for polarizing Muslim votes since Savarkar was one of the pioneers of Hindutva.
"He wants to prove that Savarkar was a Manuvadi. He thinks if he talks bad about Savarkar, Muslims will vote for him," he said, adding "I think the comments and false narratives will continue."
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had said in the House on Saturday, "When you speak about defending the Constitution, you are ridiculing Savarkar, you are abusing Savarkar, you are defaming Savarkar.
Speaking about who struck the deal with the British, Savarkar or Nehru, he maintained it was Nehru who compromised for power and to maintain cordial relations with Britain, before recounting course of events on the eve of Independence. "It's about being an agent [of the British]", he said, adding he betrayed the nation for the sake of power.
Explaining further, he pointed towards letters in the book 'Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten', written by Lord Mountbatten's daughter Pamela Hicks. It contains letters exchanged between her mother Lady Mountbatten and Nehru for 11 to 12 years after Independence.
He said Mountbatten was allowed a position in India as it's first Governor General (although Jinnah became the Governor General of the brand new Pakistan). In his letters to Lady Mountbatten, he said that "only the first and the last paragraphs used to be romantic, the rest was Nehru's diary".
He called this exercise "the world's greatest honey trap operation – making the Prime Minister your agent for 12 years as all important information was going to Lady Mountbatten."
The Chairman of Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak, Ranjit Savarkar was recently accused of deeming Mahatma Gandhi a casteist.
He said Gandhi advocated the caste system, that one must adhere to the occupation of their respective caste, and he interpreted this as a denial of opportunities to an individual outside their caste-based occupation. "The Constitution gives us the right to choose our occupation," he told IANS.
Commenting whether Ambedkar, Gandhi and Savarkar are relevant in today’s politics, he maintained that Ambedkar and Savarkar have similar thoughts and are "most relevant" today, however, “Gandhi’s thoughts, today, are most irrelevant,” he concluded.
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