Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) staged a protest against Congress leader Priyank Kharge’s remarks about Veer Savarkar. The protest was held outside the BJP office at Nariman Point in Mumbai on Friday. In the protest, the young BJP workers waved posters describing Kharge as anti-Hindu.
In his statement, Priyank Kharge suggested the removal of the portrait of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar from the Karnataka State Assembly building.
“I am of the strong opinion that Savarkar’s photo should not be there in the Assembly or the Council. If the BJP has a problem with it, it is their problem. It is my opinion that anybody whose ideology incites hatred and creates division should not be there. Savarkar’s portrait should not be there,” Priyank Kharge said. Meanwhile, BJP MLAs in Maharashtra also held a protest and raised slogans on the stairs of Vidhan Bhavan, Nagpur, on Friday. The Maharashtra Assembly is in the midst of its winter session in Nagpur.