From 'accused' to 'accomplished', where does Congress stand on Savarkar? | The Newshour - Agenda

On The Newshour - Agenda with Padmaja Joshi tonight,

Is congress doing damage control by changing its stand on the proposal of "Bharat Ratna" for Veer Savarkar?

The Congress is struggling to find a strong counter to the BJP's mid-election pitch for a Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar, and the fault lines in the party on the question of how to deal with the Hindutva icon are out in the open as party leaders speak in contrasting voices on the ruling party's efforts to celebrate Savarkar's legacy.

Earlier, opposition parties had launched a scathing attack over the demand for Bharat Ratna to Savarkar with the Congress saying that Savarkar, though acquitted later, had faced criminal trial in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.

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