Why No Bharat Ratna For Savarkar Yet: Uddhav Thackeray To BJP

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the BJP over issues ranging from the commitment to Hindutva to the ongoing farmers' agitation on Delhi borders.

Asking why the Union government has not conferred Bharat Ratna on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the Hindutva ideologue, Mr Thackeray said in the Assembly that the BJP should not teach Hindutva to its former ally, the Shiv Sena.

"Letters were sent (to the Centre) twice, seeking Bharat Ratna for Savarkar. Who confers Bharat Ratna? It is the right of the prime minister and a committee," Mr Thackeray said.