Historical record not only debunks Union defence minister Rajnath Singh's claim that Savarkar filed mercy petitions at the behest of Mahatma Gandhi, but that the two men had nothing in common.
On the Savarkar petitions row, Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, told Rajdeep Sardesai that those who enshrine Bapu's murderer are using him for credibility.