PUNE: Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, informed a particular courtroom in Pune on Tuesday that Savarkar “by no means hated Muslims” and had written about methods for his or her progress, whereas alleging that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had portrayed him as an “excessive hater of Muslims”.Satyaki made the remarks whereas being cross-examined by advocate Milind Pawar in a legal defamation case linked to statements allegedly made by Gandhi in London in 2023, information company PTI reported.Throughout the cross-examination, Pawar requested Satyaki to determine the precise phrases in Gandhi’s alleged speech that he believed had lowered the popularity of Swatantryaveer Savarkar.Satyaki referred to Gandhi’s assertion that “Savarkar had written in a guide that he and 5 to 6 pals had assaulted a Muslim youth and derived pleasure from the act”.“By these phrases, Savarkar was portrayed as an excessive hater of Muslims and as a mob lyncher. Savarkar by no means hated Muslims. Fairly, in his writings, he confirmed the methods and means for his or her progress,” he mentioned.Throughout the proceedings, Pawar additionally submitted a 2004 video interview of Satyaki’s grandfather Gopal Godse together with its transcripts, PTI reported.Gopal Godse, the youthful brother of Nathuram Godse, is purportedly heard acknowledging within the interview that Nathuram Godse was an RSS member.Nathuram Godse was one of many conspirators within the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Satyaki had filed the legal defamation case towards Gandhi, alleging that the Congress chief falsely claimed that V D Savarkar had written in a guide about assaulting a Muslim youth with 5 – 6 pals and deriving pleasure from the act.The complainant has maintained that no such incident seems in Savarkar’s writings.
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The case issues Gandhi’s alleged remarks made in London in 2023.(With company inputs)
