BJP announces ‘Savarkar Gaurav Yatra’ from March 30

BJP announces ‘Savarkar Gaurav Yatra’ from March 30

Following the squabble amidst the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress over the Savarkar issue, the BJP on Tuesday announced that a ‘Savarkar Gaurav Yatra’ jointly organised with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena would be held between March 30 and April 6. The yatra will travel across all 288 assembly constituencies and “take Savarkar’s work to the people”.
The BJP also dared Uddhav Thackeray to snap ties with the Congress for insulting Savarkar.

This came afterCM Eknath Shinde along with Dy. CM Devendra Fadnavis, addressed the media amid a press conference, at Sahyadri Guest House, Malabar Hill on Monday, March 27, 2023.

After the announcement, the BJP did not spend more than a day to ready its plan. State president Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced the schedule on Tuesday, claiming that at least 10 million people would participate in the Yatra, which will be held in at least two key towns of every constituency.

Bawankule while announcing
details of the Yatra attributed that the party will take Savarkar’s contributions and history to the people, especially the youth of the country.
Savarkar who scripted the history of the 1857 munity, was sentenced to ‘Kala Paani’ imprisonment twice and was instrumental in getting over 500 temples thrown open to the scheduled castes. Some people are trying to wipe out this history but we will not allow it to happen.

The BJP state unit chief further added that Uddhav Thackeray’s stand on Savarkar smacked of double standards and that Thackeray need to adhere to the legacy of his father Bal Thackeray who had hit Union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s poster with chappals years ago. Does Uddhav have the guts to do that to Rahul Gandhi’s effigy? He expressed his intolerance to the insult to Savarkar. His actions speak otherwise. He has been tolerating these insults for three years to save his chief ministership and his son Aaditya’s ministry.

On the other hand Uday Samant,Industries minister and Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader reiterated that the alliance would spread awareness on Savarkar’s thoughts through the Yatra and also claimed that the Thackeray faction boycotted the meeting called by the Congress only following the state government’s announcement of the Yatra.

News input KV Raman