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  • Complaint against Rahul in UP court for Savarkar comments

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: A complaint has been registered in a court here against former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for making alleged derogatory remarks against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Maharashtra recently.

    In an order on Friday, additional chief judicial magistrate A K Srivastava directed complainant Nripendra Pandey to produce evidence under section 200 of CrPC.

    Once he examines himself and his witnesses under section 202 of CrPC, the court would decide whether or not to take cognizance of offences and issue summons to Gandhi.

    The court fixed January 9 as the next date of hearing.

    Pandey had filed the application under section 156(3) of CrPC seeking registration of FIR against Gandhi but the court refused to direct the police to probe into the matter and further registered it as a complaint case.

    Pandey claimed Gandhi made insulting statements against Savarkar.

    LUCKNOW: A complaint has been registered in a court here against former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for making alleged derogatory remarks against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Maharashtra recently.

    In an order on Friday, additional chief judicial magistrate A K Srivastava directed complainant Nripendra Pandey to produce evidence under section 200 of CrPC.

    Once he examines himself and his witnesses under section 202 of CrPC, the court would decide whether or not to take cognizance of offences and issue summons to Gandhi.

    The court fixed January 9 as the next date of hearing.

    Pandey had filed the application under section 156(3) of CrPC seeking registration of FIR against Gandhi but the court refused to direct the police to probe into the matter and further registered it as a complaint case.

    Pandey claimed Gandhi made insulting statements against Savarkar.

  • History forced upon us is Western propaganda, says Goa CM at Savarkar book event

    By PTI

    PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said the history that has been forced upon us was actually propaganda of the West and added that such recording of events must be based on “facts” and not “opinion driven”.

    He was speaking at the launch of a book on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar by Vikram Sampath on the second day of the Kumaon Literary Festival here.

    “In my opinion, history should be independent representation of the things that have happened in the past. One can have his own interpretation based on experience and intellect. But (recording of ) history has to be fact driven and not opinion driven,”the CM said.

    “Unfortunately, in our country, the history that has been forced upon us, has been propaganda of the West and what they thought about us. They thought we are a land of snake charmers, they thought we are an impoverished country. My question is did they invade us as we were poor? The answer is definitely no,” he asserted, The first person to challenge this vicious propaganda was Savarkar, who through his book ‘1857 ka Swatantraya Samar’ (The Indian War of Independence), ignited the flame of patriotism among people, which led to the British banning this book, Sawant said.

    Savarkar faced brutal punishment at the hands of the British but, post Independence, a section of people have spread absolute falsehoods about him.

    “We as Indians have failed to applaud the life and work of this glorious patriot. I am happy Vikram Sampat has brought to light some well researched content on Veer Savarkar in the form of this book, which will become a document to inspire the future generations of our country,” he said.

    The CM also said Savarkar had written a book on Goa, which stressed the need for its liberation (from Portuguese rule).

    Goa was always an integral part of India despite being under Portuguese rule, and Savarkar’s book will be reprinted immediately and circulated all over, Sawant said.