Right-wing groups slam ‘anti-India’ PFI over VD Savarkar documentary
India Today
The Popular Front of India's documentary on VD Savarkar has stirred a controversy. The party was slammed by several Hinu organisations.
A row has erupted over a documentary released by the Popular Front of India on VD Savarkar’s birth anniversary. The PFI allegedly called the late patriot a “traitor to the country”. In the documentary, the PFI reportedly called VD Savarkar “a slave of the British” and said, “People who believe in Savarkar are presenting him as a hero by hiding all his crimes.”
The documentary on Savarkar has stirred a row, with Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Hindu Mahasabha slamming PFI.
VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal said, “The organisation that is anti-national, anti-India, are the kingpins of terrorists, and the party which is being investigated by the NIA, is now distributing certificates of 'nationalism'.”
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President of the Hindu Mahasabha, Swami Chakrapani Maharaj said, “PFI calling Veer Savarkar a traitor to the country is highly condemnable.”
Calling for a ban on the organisation, Swami Chakrapani Maharaj said, “The complicity of Congress and PFI should be investigated by the government.”
