MASSIVE: Shiv Sena snaps back at Congress, warns Rahul Gandhi against insulting Savarkar

Warning Congress to refrain from insulting Shiv  Sena's hero Veer Savarkar, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday, issued a stern warning - ' We believe Pandit Nehru, Mahatma Gandi. Do t insult Veer Savarkar'. He added, 'Hopefully furrmore will t be required to be said on this'. He had also explained that Savarkar was a god who had sacrificed his life for independence like Nehru and Gandhi.

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'I am t Rahul Savarkar': Rahul Gandhi

Earlier in day, defiant in his refusal to apologise for his 'Rape in India' comment, former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that he will t apologise for truth. Recalling ruckus in parliament on Friday due to his comments, he stated that inspite of BJP MPs' demand for his apology, he will die before he apologises for truth. Taking a dig at Far of Hindutva - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, he said he was Rahul Gandhi, t Rahul Savarkar - alluding to Savarkar's alleged apology to British seeking an early release from Andaman jail. 

"I was told in parliament by BJP that I should apologise for my speech. y asked me to apologise for saying truth. My name is t Rahul Savarkar, it is Rahul Gandhi.  I will never apologise for truth, I will die but t say sorry and neir any Congress worker will apologise. Narendra Modi must apologise to country," he said at Bharat Bachao Rally in Delhi.

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Shiv Sena- Congress and Savarkar

Shiv Sena has been in an ideological fix since it entered into a 'secular' joint Common Minimum Programme with its allies Congress-NCP. CMP's preamble declares that alliance will take a joint view on matters which have consequences on 'secular fabric of nation' indicating towards a toned-down right-wing Shiv Sena. Incidentally, Shiv Sena from its inception to date has been a strong advocate of Hindutva being vocal on its demand for Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar.

Cornered Sena equates Nehru & Savarkar after Rahul Gandhi's "I'm t Rahul Savarkar" jibe

Shiv Sena toed line with Congress on CAB by initially voting for Bill in Lok Sabha and n abstaining to vote on it in Rajya Sabha. But on Hindutva, Sena had declared that its Hindutva did t involve 'chanting Jai Shree Ram and n turning away from ir words. Reaffirming on Sena's Hindutva Thackeray said that Sena's Hindutva was intact and meant that 'it will keep its word'.

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