Calling PM Modi father of New India an insult to him: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party if it agreed with the view of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaviss wife Amruta Fadnavis who called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the father of New IndiaThis is an insult to Modi as in the new India ghosts of hunger poverty unemployment and terrorism are raising their head Raut claimed in his weekly column Rokhthok in the party mouthpiece Saamana of which he is the executive editorNo one in the BJP talks about freedom fighter Veer Savarkar being father of the nation The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS was always opposed to Savarkar who underwent rigorous imprisonment These people have partitioned India into old and new the Rajya Sabha member further claimedAmruta a banker and singer in a mock court interview recently said iquestWe have two rashtra pita Narendra Modi is the father of New India and Mahatma Gandhi is the father of the nation of earlier timesIt had evoked strong reactions from the opposition Congress as well as Tushar Gandhi the greatgrandson of Mahatma GandhiAlso read After pulling off bloodless coup ShindeFadnavis mired in multiple battlesRaut on Sunday said doesnt the BJP acknowledge the independence gained from the martyrdom of freedom fightersToday in the new India ghosts of hunger poverty unemployment terrorism are raising their head Making Modi the father of new India is an insult to him Raut wrote in the Marathi publicationHe claimed the Father Of the Nation title was given to Mahatma Gandhi by the people of IndiaMany political opponents including Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray had objections to it Raut saidThe issue here is not who is the Father Of The Nation or Sardar The matter is about what is the BJPs contribution to the freedom struggle he saidThe BJP and the RSS had no role to play in the freedom movement and hence they have to steal icons linked to the Congress like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Raut allegedThis 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