“My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology to anyone.” Rahul said on Saturday in a press conference following his disqualification as an MP after conviction in defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark.
In context of above remark the Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said.”Veer Savarkar is our God, and any disrespect towards him will not be tolerated. We are prepared to fight, but insulting our Gods is not something we will tolerate.”
“The alliance of the Uddhav faction, Congress and NCP was made to protect democracy and we need to work unitedly. Rahul Gandhi is being provoked deliberately but if we waste time in this, democracy will cease to exist,” Uddhav said while addressing a rally in Malegaon.
However, Thackeray praised Gandhi’s questioning of the government on the Hindenburg report, saying the Prime Minister should have answered from where the ‘20,000 cr had come into the Adani firm.