New Delhi. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is currently on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. During this, he has taken a vow to travel across the country and he is seen talking about saving democracy. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed that Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of freedom fighter VD Savarkar has destroyed the positive energy generated by the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. In his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Rajya Sabha member Raut questioned why Rahul Gandhi was raising issues touching the sentiments of people and giving the BJP an opportunity to divert attention.
Apart from this, talking openly about VD Savarkar, Sanjay Rawat said in clear words that two life sentences mean 50 years in jail. Savarkar’s brother Narayanrao was released unconditionally, while Savarkar was released with conditions. This cannot be called an apology. Raut referred to a quote in author YD Phadke’s book, which states that Savarkar’s letter was misinterpreted as an apology. Referring to this, he said that it was a strategy to be released from jail. He said that Mahatma Gandhi had also demanded the release of Savarkar and his brother through his article written in ‘Young India’ on May 26, 1920.