Shiv Sena (UBT) primary Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday stated he thinks about Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar as his “idol”, and asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to avoid “insulting” him. He stated the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of 3 celebrations – Sena (UBT), Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) – was formed to safeguard democracy and it was needed to work unitedly for it. Attending to a rally in the Muslim-dominated fabric town of Malegaon in Nashik district of north Maharashtra, Thackeray likewise stated that intentional efforts were on to provoke Rahul Gandhi. “Savarkar is our idol and his insult will not be endured if we need to battle together to secure our democracy. Savarkar suffered inconceivable abuse in the Andaman cellular prison for 14 years. We can just check out the sufferings. It is a type of sacrifice,” he stated. “I wish to inform Rahul Gandhi that we have actually come together to conserve our nation’s democracy and its Constitution. You are intentionally being provoked. If we enable this time to get squandered, then democracy will disappear. 2024 will be the last election,” he included. Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat’s Surat convicted him in a 2019 disparagement case. Attending to an interview in Delhi over his disqualification, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stated, “My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not provide an apology to anybody”. Thackeray stated he supported Gandhi for his Bharat Jodo Yatra. “Rahul Gandhi spoke well at his interview the other day. He raised legitimate concerns about whom does Rs 20,000 crore belong. The federal government does not desire to address,” he stated. Throughout his interview on Saturday, Gandhi stated the moot concerns stay that who invested Rs 20,000 crore in Adani shell companies and what is the business person’s relationship with t
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