Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Hindutva ideologue Savarkar on his birth anniversary, saying he motivated several people to join the freedom struggle.
“On his Jayanti, I bow to the courageous Veer Savarkar. We remember him for his bravery, motivating several others to join the freedom struggle and emphasis on social reform,” the prime minister wrote on Twitter.
He also shared a clip of his May, 2018 “Mann ki Baat” radio programme in which he referred to Savarkar.
“It is indeed sad that we kept on calling the events of 1857 only as a rebellion or a soldiers’ mutiny for a very long time … It was Veer Savarkar who boldly expostulated by writing that whatever happened in 1857 was not a revolt but was indeed the First War of Independence,” he had said.
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu paying tributes to Savarkar called hi a multi dimensional personality.
Savarkar endorsed the idea of India as a Hindu Rashtra (Hindu Nation). In 1948, Savarkar was charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination of Gandhi.
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