New Delhi: Ranjit Savarkar, the grandson of Veer Savarkar on Wednesday said he doesn't accept Mahatama Gandi as the father of the nation.
Ranjit said, "I don't think Gandhi is the father of nation. Country like India cannot have one father of the nation, there are thousands who have been forgotten. The nation is not only 40 to 50 years old, it is a 5,000-year-old nation. In fact, I don't even accept the concept of father of the nation."
Earlier Owaisi had stated that the BJP will soon announce VD Savarkar as 'the father of the nation' after Rajnath Singh claimed it was Mahatma Gandhi who had asked the RSS ideologue to write mercy petitions to the British.
"They (BJP) are presenting a distorted history. If this continues, they will remove Mahatma Gandhi and make Savarkar, who was accused of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi and was pronounced complicit in the inquiry of Justice Jeevan Lal Kapur, as the father of the nation," Owaisi told news agency ANI.
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