Truth realization moment for Congress! Savarkar's image appears among freedom fighters on the Bharat Jodo poster
Incidentally, this poster appeared in the Assembly constituency of Congress legislator Anwar Sadath but the explanation that was given by the local leaders, who were entrusted with the job of putting this poster was that they had asked a local printer to neatly place the pictures of prominent freedom fighters in the country.
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It seems like Congress has mistakenly accepted the truth, as the grand old party who never considered Savarkar as Freedom Fighter, had posted a photo of VD Savarkar on banner among several other figures from India's Freedom Movement.
The poster was put up by local Congress leaders to welcome Rahul Gandhi upon his arrival in Aluva in Kerala’s Kochi.
Incidentally, this poster appeared in the Assembly constituency of Congress legislator Anwar Sadath but the explanation that was given by the local leaders, who were entrusted with the job of putting this poster was that they had asked a local printer to neatly place the pictures of prominent freedom fighters in the country.Once it was printed, the local leadership put it up which landed them in trouble.
This incident evoked a strong response from the BJP also angered the CPI-M leaders in Kerala and created a furore on social media.
The BJP, which considers Savarkar a hero, was quick to jump into the matter. “Veer Savarkar’s pictures adorn Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ernakulum (near the airport). Although belated, good realisation for Rahul Gandhi, whose great grandfather Nehru, signed a mercy petition, pleaded the British to allow him to flee from Punjab’s Nabha jail in just 2 weeks,” Amit Malviya, the BJP’s I-T Cell chief, tweeted.
Realising the traction that this news was getting on the social media after which the Congress was criticised, the party acted swiftly and displayed the picture of Mahatma Gandhi above that of Savarkar.