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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat reiterated the demand for Bharat Ratna to be conferred on Veer Savarkar, calling it an “honour for the award itself”.

In November 2022, Rahul Gandhi, during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, made defamatory comments on Savarkar at a rally in Maharashtra's Akola. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan asked Rahul Gandhi to refrain from making 'irresponsible statements' as it told him not to speak anything against freedom fighters