Smriti Irani's '10 gens Savarkar' remark on Rahul gets 'Godse' retort from Salman Khurshid

Amid ongoing tussle between Shiv Sena and its newly formed ally Congress over freedom fighter Veer Savarkar, Congress leader Salman Khurshid has reiterated party's stand stating that party doesn't believe in Savarkar. "We do t believe in Savarkar. We believe in Gandhi ji, Smriti ji (Union Minister Smriti Irani) believes in Godse. We have different ideologies," said Khurshid.

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Congress party's booklet of derogatory claims on Savarkar

issue over Savarkar heated up earlier in January when Congress party's grass-root organisation Seva Dal had distributed booklets during its 10 days workshop in Madhya Pradesh which had derogatory remarks on Savarkar which also claimed that Savarkar had a physical relationship with Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. booklet caused outr across several Savarkar followers and political parties demanding withdrawal of literature.

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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut who was instrumental in carving an alliance of Shiv Sena with NCP and Congress of Maha Vikas Aghadi, had slammed Congress for its derogatory remarks against Savarkar. Raut has time and again stated that those who do t consider Savarkar a hero do t kw him well. Over dispute of conferring Bharat Ratna to Savarkar, Raut took an indirect jibe on Congress and reiterated that those against Savarkar must spend two days in Andaman Cellular jail where Savarkar was lodged.

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Shiv Sena has played neutral over Savarkar after formation of Maharashtra government with support of NCP and Congress. Shiv Sena was quick to distance itself from Raut's comment and maintained a soft stand against Congress. Shiv Sena scion and w a Maharashtra cabinet minister, Aaditya Thackeray while reacting on this, urged people to talk about current issues like GDP and unemployment instead of history. "We should learn from history and move forward," he added.

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