A social media post by the Ministry of Oil, which marked the Independence Day, has triggered a political line, in which the opposition has accused the Modi government of distorting history and glorifying “traitors” by keeping VD Savarkar on Mahatma Gandhi.The Congress reacted fast. Party General Secretary KC Venugopal posted on X, “Every Independence Day makes a point to distort the BJP history and to exclude the heroes from the traitors.”“This Orwellian image, over Gandhiji, elevates the British Merce petitioner like Savarkar – who is the undisputed Mahatma, who gave us freedom, and completely abolished Pandit Nehru and Sardar Patel ji, shows their contempt for our freedom fighters.”“What else can they do except for those whose ancestors cooperated with the British and to sow the seeds of partition and hatred that bothers us till this day?” The Congress leader further said.Pawan Khera, the head of Congress Media and Publicity Department, also targeted the government, posting in Hindi, “Mixing ethanol in petrol, now you have started mixing impurities in freedom fighters as well. People who cannot become great in history, you are making them big on posters.”“The country is asking you for cheap oil, not cheap comedy,” he made fun of the organization.BJP General Secretary (Organization) BL Santosh responded to Khera’s post, saying, “The sick brigade for the core … Veer Savarkar lived and died for the country.”In the Lok Sabha Manikam Tagore, the Congress Whip wrote on X, “No matter how much you try, Mr. Modi, you cannot push Mahatma, Netaji and Bhagat Singh below the Mafivar. Do not humiliate the martyrs who met those who have met people filled with glory and died for death, who asked the British to be begging.”CPI (M) MP John Britis also criticized the post of ministry, saying, “VD Savarkar’s intentional height on Mahatma Gandhi is not a coincidence, but a calculation. The government’s actions have reduced the country’s commitment to its secular constitution. It is worth noting that Savar was one accused for Gandhi.“However, the Kapoor Commission highlighted the circumstantial evidence reflecting Savarkar. Those who retain the constitution should condemn this joke of justice and secular values, ”he further said.Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, joined the line of criticism, writing on X, “Petroleum and Natural Gas is a shame on the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to keep the tractor and killer rider above true patriots and martyrs.”What did former PM Indira Gandhi think about SavarkarAmid the opposition’s criticism, BJP leader Amit Malviya highlighted his words of praise for him, recalling the message of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the death of Veer Savarkar.He said, “Veer Savarkar’s name is a bioard for courageous and patriotic. He was put in a classical revolutionary mold, and countless people inspired him. Death is removed from a great person of contemporary India from us.” He said, “Malavia commented that in protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress has now rejected both Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.”Oil Ministry postOn Friday, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas shared a picture on X, which featured Savarkar with Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh, with caption, “Freedom was his gift, it is our mission to shape the future”.The ministry’s message reads “As we celebrate our country’s freedom, let’s remember – Liberty when we nourish it every day, through unity, sympathy and action. Happy Independence Day.”VD Savarr RoVD Savarkar’s line also went to court this week. Earlier on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer withdrew a petition in a Pune court stating that he was in danger from Savarkar’s followers. Representing Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Advocate Milind Pawar, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s grand-nephew Satyaki Savarkar, saying that the special MP/MLA court had accepted the return. Rahul Gandhi is on bail in the defamation case, in which the test proceedings have not started. Satyaki Savarkar alleged that the Congress leader maligned his great-Chacha in a speech of March 2023 in London, alleging that VD Savarr was accused of writing that he and friends had once beat a Muslim person and feel happy about it, a claim that the complainant says that the complainant says that any writing is completely wrong and inability.
