Vd Savarkar

Explained: The Congress' many flip-flops on VD Savarkar

The BJP on Thursday countered Rahul Gandhi's attacks on VD Savarkar by pointing to remarks made by his grandmother and ex-prime minister Indira Gandhi who praised the Hindutva idealogue's 'daring defiance of the British'. Over the years, Congress has had many conflicting takes on the freedom fighter

Savarkar’s biographer, acclaimed author Vikram Sampath calls Rahul Gandhi an ‘imbecile’

During a recent press conference in Maharashtra Rahul Gandhi attacked VD Savarkar and showed documents dating back to 1920. He claimed that they contained a letter written by Savarkar to the British

Savarkar's double imprisonment was filled with torture, Congress leaders had comfortable time in jail: RSS leader

He also said no more temples can be broken in the country now and that there should be no "Love Jihad" as well as religious conversion as it is "inhuman, unconstitutional and anti-god".

Kerala: Row over participation of child dressed as VD Savarkar in school's I-Day event

Activists of the Youth Congress and the Youth League held protest marches towards the Government Vocational Higher Secondary School at Keezhooparamba seeking action against those who dressed the child as Savarkar for the programme

Vikram Sampath is just an excuse, the real issue is Left cabal’s last-ditch effort to remain relevant

The Left-liberal grip may have slackened, but they still call the shots. Remember, how they all ganged up to force Bloomsbury to withdraw a Delhi riots book. And now Sampath is facing a series of coordinated attacks in the name of plagiarism

Want to grasp the Leftist manual of targeting opponents? Just look at Sampath-Sanyal saga

The two latest victims of this concerted Left-wing attack are historian Vikram Sampath and policymaker and author Sanjeev Sanyal

BJP's ambiguity on Anantkumar Hegde exposes its divergence from Mahatma Gandhi's legacy

The ruling party is now caught in a cleft stick. It has show-caused Hegde and asked him to apologise, which he hasn’t done yet. It has been forced to do this because it wants desperately to appropriate Gandhiand his legacy, as all other parties want to do as well. Hegde’s criticism of Gandhi doesn’t sit well with this project.

Jamia and Shaheen Bagh shootings: It's deeply worrying that the word 'terrorist' is absent from popular discourse

The absence of the word 'terrorist' in the Jamia shooter's story isn't because there ought to be any confusion about the term

Raj Thackeray announces support to CAA, NRC; MNS to hold protest march on 9 Feb seeking eviction of illegal migrants

MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday indicated he is all set to carry forward uncle Bal Thackeray's legacy, unveiling his party's new saffron flag and announcing his support to the Modi government for evicting Muslim infiltrators from Pakistan and Bangladesh

On Bal Thackeray's 94th birth anniversary, MNS goes saffron, unveils new flag with Shivaji's royal seal; Raj inducts son into party

Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Thursday unveiled a new flag bearing a 'rajmudra', which was the royal seal used by the Shivaji's empire, on a saffron background. The saffron-dominated revised design led to speculation in political circles about a possible ideological shift for the party, reports said. The party's earlier flag had saffron, blue, and green colours.