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'No further explanation needed for anyone sensible': Shiv Sena's warning to Congress on Rahul 'Savarkar' remark

Sanjay Raut took to Twitter to clarify his party's stance

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After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, earlier on Saturday, refused to apologise for his 'Rape in India' comment by saying that his name is not "Rahul Savarkar", Congress' ally in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena, hit out at the grand old party for taking a dig at Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today said that since their party respected Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress, too, should do their part and not insult Savakarkar, a Hindutva ideologue admired by the Shiv Sena.

"We respect Pandit Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi," Raut declared in a post from his Twitter handle, "You should not insult Veer Savarkar. No further explanation is needed for anyone sensible."

 

 

Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the government saying he will not apologise as his name is not Rahul 'Savarkar'. "I was told in Parliament by BJP yesterday, 'Rahul Ji, you gave a speech. Apologise for that.' I was told to apologise for speaking something correct. My name is not Rahul Savarkar. My name is Rahul Gandhi. I will never apologise for truth," he said while addressing the rally.

Veer Savarkar is a freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue, who is said to have signed petitions of mercy with the British government. The Centre has recommended conferring Bharat Ratna to Savarkar.

Ever since the Shiv Sena cut its ties with its ally of 35 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and formed an alliance with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to form a coalition government in Maharashtra, it has found itself in a tough spot on a few political issues since agreeing with an ideologically opposite party vis-a-vis the Congress isn't always easy.

Earlier, too, the Shiv Sena backed the government on passing the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha on Monday, claiming that the support was given on 'national interest'. But the Shiv Sena's support to the CAB, which the opposition had claimed that it targets Muslims and is at odds with the secular principles enshrined in the Constitution, put the party in an awkward position with its new ally in Maharashtra, the Congress, which had been opposing the CAB from the get-go. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi even posted from his official handle on Twitter, stating that the CAB is an 'attack on the Indian constitution.' Following this, the Shiv Sena walked out of the Rajya Sabha when the voting for the Bill took place in the upper house of the Parliament. 

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