On Tuesday (October 12th), Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in the august company of the RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat, while launching a new book on V D Savarkar pronounced (ref.: <https://youtu.be/QS9eS7ZMfYw>) that Savarkar as an inmate of the dreaded Cellular Jail had petitioned the British rulers for mercy - release from detention, only by being goaded by none other than Mahatma Gandhi.
Incidentally, Savarkar would, later - in independent India, be charged for masterminding Gandhi assassination by his close followers, to be acquitted for want of clinching evidence. At any rate, Savarkar had been sent to the Cellular Jail in 1911 and, not too long thereafter, that very same year he would plead for mercy. That'd be followed up with yet another in 1913. Gandhi was then in South Africa and would return to India only in 1915. In 1920, he'd pen a brief letter to an younger brother of Savarkar in response to his. That's what is now being capitalised on. For a comprehensive account: < https://www.altnews.in/did-savarkar-write-mercy-petitions-on-gandhis-advice-as-claimed-by-rajnath-singh/ >. Just for the "controversial" missive from Gandhi: < https://mobile.twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1448182552905371651/photo/1 >. Here's an account (including text) of Savarkar's mercy petitions: < https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30204154.ece/amp/>. Sukla -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZgM1xx9h_d1zSwtwNFMLfYLtXYik0KuSHjZcRTYQvrSqQ%40mail.gmail.com.
