PM Modi pays tributes to Savarkar on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar on his birth anniversary.

Savarkar was born in 1883 in Maharashtra.

“Respectful tributes to Veer Savarkar, the hardworking son of Maa Bharti, on his birth anniversary,” Modi said in a tweet in Hindi.

Modi also shared a photo montage on Savarkar with his own and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayees voiceovers talking about the qualities and contributions of the Hindutva icon.

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