By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: January 28, 2025 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkeUhv75oBc
"Savarkar wasn't against beef-eating, begged the British Viceroy for favours and told lies about Gandhi and Bose, he also didn't want a democratic India: Arun Shourie, to Karan Thapar for The Wire. In an interview to discuss his forthcoming book on Veer Savarkar called ‘The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts’, Arun Shourie reveals details about Savarkar that will shock and enrage his followers whilst possibly pleasantly surprising his critics. Arun Shourie’s book establishes that Savarkar was not a cow-worshiper and wasn’t against beef-eating or even offended by beef-eating. Savarkar lied about Subhas Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi, claiming that he had advised the former to escape from India, form the Indian National Army and declare complete independence for Hindustan and asserting that 'Gandhi ji and myself lived together as friends' in London in 1908, when Gandhi wasn’t even in the city at that time. The book says Savarkar also 'begged' Lord Linlithgow, the British Viceroy, to induct the Hindu Mahasabha into the Viceroy’s Executive Council and the War Council and was happy to accept Dominion Status at a time when Congress was demanding complete independence."
