BJP icon VD Savarkar, a Chitpavan brahmin, not only was a non-vegetarian, “many say he even ate beef”, said Karnataka Health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao today, triggering off the next massive political controversy ahead of the assembly election in Maharashtra. The BJP has started vociferous protests, and Savarkar’s grandson has threatened to file a defamation suit against the Karnataka leader.
“Savarkar, a ‘Chitpavan Brahmin’, used to eat meat. He was a non-veg eater and he was not against cow slaughter… Some say that he used to eat beef as well. As a Brahmin, he used to eat meat and was openly propagating eating meat,” Mr Rao said days after Maharashtra declared the indigenous cow as the “Rajmata-Gomata”.
Ranjit Savarkar, the grandson of Veer Savarkar, said the claims of Veer Savarkar “consuming beef” were false and he would also file a defamation suit against Rao for his statement, he said.
It is the Congress strategy to defame Savarkar, especially ahead of elections, he said. “Earlier, Rahul Gandhi was doing it and now his leaders are making statements… The Congress wants to divide Hindu society between castes and win elections. This is like the Britisher’s policy of divide and rule,” he was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India.
“The statement about Savarkar eating beef and supporting cow slaughter is false. His original article in Marathi meant that cows were very useful and that’s why they are considered deities. He was also the president of a Gau Raksha Sammelan… I am going to file a defamation suit against him,” he added.
He further claimed that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had always followed the policies of Veer Savarkar and never followed a single policy of Jawaharlal Nehru or Mahatma Gandhi.
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