Thane: Non-cognizable offence registered against Rahul Gandhi

A complaint has been filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making derogatory remarks against freedom fighter VD Savarkar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra by Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena leader Vandana DongreThe complaint was filed on Thursday in the Thane Nagar police station stating that the sentiments of the local citizens were hurt by Gandhis remarks A case of NonCognizable NCR Offense has been registered under section 500 501 of IPCRahul Gandhi during a press conference in Maharashtras Akola on Thursday had alleged that Savarkar betrayed leaders like MK Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel by signing a letter of apology to the British before independenceVeer Savarkar in a letter written to the British said Sir I beg to remain your most obedient servant and signed on it Savarkar helped the British He betrayed leaders like Mahatma Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel by signing the letter out of fear he had saidFiling a complaint against Gandhi for his remarks the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena leader who is also the partys Mahila Aghadi head said that she will not tolerate the defamation of our great menAlso Read Maharashtra Vinayak Damodar Savarkar helped British says Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra made a statement defaming the freedom fighter Savarkar and due to this the sentiments of the local citizens have been hurt Dongre saidWe will not tolerate the defamation of our great men in the soil of Maharashtra she addedBalasahebs Shiv Sena party also took out a protest march on Thursday in Thane to protest against Rahul Gandhis remarksThe spokesperson of Balasahebs Shiv Sena party and Maharashtra state coordinator Naresh Mhaske also demanded during the march yesterday that the police should file a case against Rahul Gandhi for his statement and arrest himAfter that the case was registered in the eveningEarlier yesterday BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra attacked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his statement on Veer Savarkar labelling it deplorable and demanding an apology from himRahul Gandhi has insulted Veer Savarkar He is the pride of the country The words that he used for Savarkar are extremely shameful and deplorable Patra saidVeer Savarkar is a great freedom fighter who is very close to our hearts Even former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called him a great freedom fighter who fought against the British Now the Gandhi family should answer if Indira Gandhi lied or did Rahul Gandhi he addedPatra further accused the Gandhis of insulting Subhas Chandra Bose Sardar Patel and other heroes of the countrys freedom struggleThe Gandhi family thinks that theirs were the only freedom fighters to fight for the countrys freedom and went to jail They think that the whole concept of Bharat Varsh is within the Gandhi family This family has insulted leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose and Vallabhai Patel because of which it is facing an existential crisis across the country today he saidOn Tuesday Rahul attended a tribal convention during the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Hingoli in Maharashtra on the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav DiwasEven at this function Rahul hit out at Savarkar claiming that the saffron ideologue took a pension from the British government in lieu of working against the CongressWhile he was lodged in Andaman jail Savarkar wrote a letter to the British pleading with them that he be pardoned and released He took a pension from the British and worked against Congress After coming out of jail he accepted the British proposal and joined their force The difference between Savarkar and Birsa Munda is that he died fighting against the British when he was just 24 years old he saidThis 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