Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, saying his life and deeds would continue to inspire generations in national service.
- Union ministers Amit Shah, J.P. Nadda and Rajnath Singh praised Savarkar’s revolutionary role, resolve under torture and vision for cultural sovereignty.
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai honored Savarkar in Raipur, calling him a thinker and reformer whose courage and writings shaped patriotic spirit.
- Coverage revisited core facts: the 1923 articulation of Hindutva, the 1910 London arrest and Marseille escape attempt documented in PCA records, Cellular Jail terms, leadership of the Hindu Mahasabha from 1937 to 1943, and acquittal after Gandhi’s assassination case.
- At a Lucknow convention held on the anniversary, the Abhinav Bharat Party announced plans to contest next year’s Uttar Pradesh elections and pressed its demand for a Bharat Ratna for Savarkar.