PM Modi pays tributes to Savarkar on birth anniversary

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary.

Born in 1883 in Maharashtra, Savarkar was a writer and politician who gave shape to the ideology of Hindutva and is seen as an icon by politicians supportive of the idea.

Tributes to Savarkar who dedicated his life in the service of mother land, Modi said on X.

मातृभूमि की सेवा में अपना जीवन समर्पित करने वाले महान स्वतंत्रता सेनानी वीर सावरकर जी को उनकी जयंती पर कोटि-कोटि नमन। pic.twitter.com/IF2GOK53Bn

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 28, 2024