The Great Indian Political Debate - 3

[Capt M Kumar]

“A Saint vs. A Patriot” by Sh Lavakare (emphasis added):

…That same cocktail of political ideology had previously caused President K R Narayanan to sit so long on the Vajpayee government’s recommendation of a Bharat Ratna for Savarkar that it was finally forced to wither away. It’s the same ideology that recently boycotted the ceremony to install Veer Savarkar’s portrait in Parliament and even appealed to the nation’s President to refrain from unveiling the portrait.



It was perverse enough that this bunch of democratically elected leaders should have shown total irreverence to the norms of parliamentary democracy by daring to obstruct a decision of a Parliamentary committee that included representatives of that cocktail. What is worse is that in opposing Savarkar’s posthumous entry into Parliament, this bunch of politicking creatures overlooked the totality of the revolutionary and inspiring incandescence of freedom that was lit by him in the early 20th century when the country’s British masters were crushing our aspirations and milking our resources. www.Savarkar.org

To round off this tribute, a couple of quotes on Veer Savarkar courtesy, “Rediscovering Gandhi by RP Misra. The first by C Rajagopalachari,



Savarkar was a symbol of courage, bravery and patriotism, an ’abhitirth’ in the long battle for freedom.



And this one by the late PM Indira Gandhi:



Savarkar was a great figure of contemporary India and his name is by-word for daring and patriotism. He was cast in a mould of a classic revolutionary and countless people drew inspiration from him.



Additional references: An essay on Veer Savarkar by Sanjeev Nayyar based on Dhananjay Keer’s biography (can be downloaded from here) and Information on Savarkar gathered by British Secret Police between 1906-09 .



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