MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Monday stated it's "unfortunate" that the icon of the country's freedom combat Veer Savarkar has been unnoticed even in the "Modi era" and now not honoured with the Bharat Ratna.
It additionally stated that the perfect civilian award has been conferred on veteran artiste past due Bhupen Hazarika simplest with a watch on the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, which is a "wrong" factor.
The Sena, an best friend of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, has since lengthy been hard the perfect civilian award for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who spent the top of his life at the Cellular Jail in Andaman after being sentenced to life.
Sena's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut had a few years back written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pronouncing it used to be top time that the NDA govt honoured Savarkar with the Bharat Ratna so that you could rectify the "mistakes" of earlier governments which had "deliberately neglected" him because of his staunch Hindutva views.
"The Congress insulted Savarkar during its regime. But what did the Modi government do after coming to power? The BJP was pitching hard for the Bharat Ratna for Savarkar when it was in opposition. But neither the Ram temple got constructed nor Savarkar got the Bharat Ratna," the Sena stated in a piece of writing in birthday celebration mouthpiece 'Saamana'.
"It is unfortunate that even in the 'Modi era', Savarkar has not been given the Bharat Ratna," it rued.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led birthday celebration noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone to Andaman final month and visited the mobile where Savarkar used to be as soon as jailed.
"He (Modi) did some mediation but it got washed away in the waves of ocean," it stated in sarcastic remarks.
Patting itself over Pranab Mukherjee being conferred the Bharat Ratna, the Sena stated it had backed his candidature for the president's submit regardless of opposition from the BJP.
"If Mukherjee was 'Bharat Ratna', then why was he not given second term as president. His election would have been unopposed," it opined.
It additionally stated that the perfect civilian award has been conferred on veteran artiste past due Bhupen Hazarika simplest with a watch on the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, which is a "wrong" factor.
The Sena, an best friend of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, has since lengthy been hard the perfect civilian award for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who spent the top of his life at the Cellular Jail in Andaman after being sentenced to life.
Sena's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut had a few years back written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pronouncing it used to be top time that the NDA govt honoured Savarkar with the Bharat Ratna so that you could rectify the "mistakes" of earlier governments which had "deliberately neglected" him because of his staunch Hindutva views.
"The Congress insulted Savarkar during its regime. But what did the Modi government do after coming to power? The BJP was pitching hard for the Bharat Ratna for Savarkar when it was in opposition. But neither the Ram temple got constructed nor Savarkar got the Bharat Ratna," the Sena stated in a piece of writing in birthday celebration mouthpiece 'Saamana'.
"It is unfortunate that even in the 'Modi era', Savarkar has not been given the Bharat Ratna," it rued.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led birthday celebration noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone to Andaman final month and visited the mobile where Savarkar used to be as soon as jailed.
"He (Modi) did some mediation but it got washed away in the waves of ocean," it stated in sarcastic remarks.
Patting itself over Pranab Mukherjee being conferred the Bharat Ratna, the Sena stated it had backed his candidature for the president's submit regardless of opposition from the BJP.
"If Mukherjee was 'Bharat Ratna', then why was he not given second term as president. His election would have been unopposed," it opined.
Shiv Sena hits out at Modi govt for not honouring Savarkar with Bharat Ratna
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