Rahul Gandhi can never be Veer Savarkar even in his best dreams: Anurag Thakur

Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Anurag Thakur has said the Congress leader can never be Veer Savarkar even in his “best dreams” as it required strong determination and love for the country. Mr. Thakur was responding to repeated assertions by Rahul Gandhi that Savarkar was an “apologist” of the British colonisers and that he would never express any regret for criticising the BJP-led government.

Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Anurag Thakur has said the Congress leader can never be Veer Savarkar even in his "best dreams" as it required strong determination and love for the country.

Mr. Thakur was responding to repeated assertions by Rahul Gandhi that Savarkar was an "apologist" of the British colonisers and that he would never express any regret for criticising the BJP-led government.

"Dear Shri Gandhi, you can never be SAVARKAR even in your best dreams because being Savarkar requires strong determination, love for Bharat, selflessness and commitment," the senior BJP leader tweeted on March 26.

“Rahul Gandhi can never be Savarkar even by a long shot because the freedom fighter neither travelled abroad for six months of the year nor sought help from foreigners against his country,” Mr. Thakur said.

"He went to Britain to launch a movement to free Mother India from the chains of slavery," the Information and Broadcasting Minister said, adding that it is time to "expose lie master Rahul Gandhi for his non-stop nonsense against Veer Savarkar ji".

Mr. Thakur also posted on Twitter a letter written by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the occasion of the birth centenary of Savarkar.