Congress hits out at BJP over claim that Mahatma Gandhi asked Savarkar to file mercy petitions

The Congress hit out at the BJP over claim that that Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar filed mercy petitions on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi.

The Congress has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh claimed that Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar wrote mercy petitions to the British government during India's freedom struggle on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi.

Earlier, Rajnath Singh had said that Savarkar was being defamed over the mercy petitions. He said, "Lies were spread about Savarkar."