Mohan Bhagwat recently observed that if Veer Damodar Savarkar were awarded the Bharat Ratna, the prestige, and the stature of the award itself would be elevated ....
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday criticized the BJP-led government and the RSS over comments by the Sangh chief advocating the Bharat Ratna for Hindutva ideologue V DSavarkar, saying the ...
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said while he does not sit on the selection committee, he will personally inquire about the delay in this conferment if the opportunity arose ....
The Congress had then hit out sharply, with senior leader Manish Tewari saying that conferring the award on Savarkar, especially around Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, would be deeply inappropriate.
“If Savarkar is given the Bharat Ratna, it will be an honour to the award itself and its prestige will increase ... for awarding the Bharat Ratna to Savarkar has remained a recurring political issue.