Amit Shah attacks Savarkar's critics, says they should have some shame

Union Home Minister Amit Shah attacked Savarkar's critics and asked them to "have some shame."

Veer” Savarkar’s patriotism and valour cannot be questioned, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Friday, as he hit back at those doubting the freedom fighter’s commitment to India and its freedom struggle, and asked them to have “some shame”.

Shah’s comments came against the backdrop of a massive row over Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s recent remark that VD Savarkar, a venerated Hindutva ideologue, had filed mercy petitions before the British at the advice of Mahatma Gandhi.