Sharad Pawar steps in amid row over Rahul Gandhi's Savarkar remark; asks Congress to tone down attack
The Hindu
Amid strains in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance over Rahul Gandhi’s strident criticism of V. D. Savarkar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has stepped in to play the peacemaker by conveying the Shiv Sena’s concerns on the issue to the Congress leadership.
Amid strains in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance over Rahul Gandhi's strident criticism of V. D. Savarkar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has stepped in to play the peacemaker by conveying the Shiv Sena's concerns on the issue to the Congress leadership.
Opposition leaders said the Congress has agreed to tone down its criticism of Savarkar, which has led to unease among the NCP and the Shiv Sena, its alliance partners in Maharashtra.
Mr. Pawar raised the issue during a meeting of Opposition leaders convened by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on March 27 evening and made it clear that targeting Savarkar, a revered figure in Maharashtra, would not help the Opposition alliance in the State, two leaders who attended the meeting told PTI.
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Former Congress Presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were present at the meeting along with leaders of Opposition parties. Mr. Pawar also told Rahul Gandhi that Savarkar was never a member of the RSS and underscored that the real fight of the Opposition parties was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.
As the BJP stepped up attack on Rahul Gandhi and sought his apology for "maligning" India on his recent tour to the U.K., the former Lok Sabha member from Wayanad had said that he was not Savarkar and would not apologise.
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