Congress MLAs led by the Karnataka Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah staged a protest outside the assembly after VD Savarkar s portrait was unveiled inside Karnataka Assembly Hall on Monday.
The Maharashtra Police on Friday booked two persons for allegedly pasting a banner written with Maafiveer at the freedom fighter VD Savarkar Smarak in Swargate area of Maharashtra s Pune.
Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi got embroiled in yet another controversy on Wednesday after the picture of RSS ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar appeared among other freedom fighters on a poster which was meant to welcome the Congress party leaders in Kerala.
Posters of Veer Savarkar and Bal Gangadhar Tilak put up on stage during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the Idgah ground Maidan in Hubbali were removed by the authorities on Wednesday night.