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Row over Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Savarkar: Chapter closed now, says Jairam Ramesh
Row over Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Savarkar: Chapter closed now, says Jairam Ramesh,​​During the Maharashtra leg of the Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi alleged that Savarkar had helped the British and wrote a mercy petition out of fear. He had also called Savarkar a symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Gandhi's remarks were criticised by the BJP and other political organisations.

Row over Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Savarkar: Chapter closed now, says Jairam Ramesh

​​During the Maharashtra leg of the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi alleged that Savarkar had helped the British and wrote a mercy petition out of fear. He had also called Savarkar a symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Gandhi’s remarks were criticised by the BJP and other political organisations.