{"id":19315,"date":"2026-09-02T10:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=19315"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:37:02","slug":"savarkar-never-hated-muslims-grandnephew-tells-pune-court-rahul-gandhi-portrayed-him-as-extreme-hater-pune-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=19315","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Savarkar never hated Muslims\u2019: Grandnephew tells Pune court Rahul Gandhi portrayed him as \u2018extreme hater\u2019 | Pune News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133706141,imgsize-816031,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/rahul-gandhi-portrayed-savarkar-as-extreme-hater-of-muslims-grandnephew-tells-court.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Savarkar never hated Muslims\u2019: Grandnephew tells Pune court Rahul Gandhi portrayed him as \u2018extreme hater\u2019\" title=\"Rahul Gandhi portrayed Savarkar as \u2018extreme hater of Muslims\u2019, grandnephew tells court\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Rahul Gandhi portrayed Savarkar as \u2018extreme hater of Muslims\u2019, grandnephew tells court\">Rahul Gandhi portrayed Savarkar as \u2018extreme hater of Muslims\u2019, grandnephew tells court<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>PUNE: Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, told a special court in Pune on Tuesday that Savarkar &#8220;never hated Muslims&#8221; and had written about ways for their progress, while alleging that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had portrayed him as an &#8220;extreme hater of Muslims&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Satyaki made the remarks while being cross-examined by advocate Milind Pawar in a criminal defamation case linked to statements allegedly made by Gandhi in London in 2023, news agency PTI reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>During the cross-examination, Pawar asked Satyaki to identify the exact words in Gandhi&#8217;s alleged speech that he believed had lowered the reputation of Swatantryaveer Savarkar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Satyaki referred to Gandhi&#8217;s statement that &#8220;Savarkar had written in a book that he and five to six friends had assaulted a Muslim youth and derived pleasure from the act&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>&#8220;By these words, Savarkar was portrayed as an extreme hater of Muslims and as a mob lyncher. Savarkar never hated Muslims. Rather, in his writings, he showed the ways and means for their progress,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>During the proceedings, Pawar also submitted a 2004 video interview of Satyaki&#8217;s grandfather Gopal Godse along with its transcripts, PTI reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Gopal Godse, the younger brother of Nathuram Godse, is purportedly heard acknowledging in the interview that Nathuram Godse was an RSS member.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Nathuram Godse was one of the conspirators in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h4>What is the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi?<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Satyaki had filed the criminal defamation case against Gandhi, alleging that the Congress leader falsely claimed that V D Savarkar had written in a book about assaulting a Muslim youth with five or six friends and deriving pleasure from the act.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The complainant has maintained that no such incident appears in Savarkar&#8217;s writings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>The case concerns Gandhi&#8217;s alleged remarks made in London in 2023.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>(With agency inputs)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/pune\/savarkar-never-hated-muslims-grandnephew-tells-pune-court-rahul-gandhi-portrayed-him-as-extreme-hater\/articleshow\/133705578.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rahul Gandhi portrayed Savarkar as \u2018extreme hater of Muslims\u2019, grandnephew tells court PUNE: Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, told a special court in Pune on Tuesday that Savarkar &#8220;never hated Muslims&#8221; 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