Rahul didn’t target Savarkar, only mentioned fact, asserts Ramesh; says remarks won’t affect MVA alliance

New Delhi, 18/11: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday defended Rahul Gandhi, saying that he did not target Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar but only highlighted a “historical fact’.

Addressing a press conference at Shegaon in Buldhana district of Maharashtra where the Bharat Jodo Yatra has reached, he also said that although the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction does not support Gandhi’s views on Savarkar, it will not impact the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.

Gandhi, during a press conference at Wadegaon in Akola district on Thursday, had alleged that Savarkar had helped the British and written a mercy petition to them out of fear.