Satyaki Savarkar told a Pune court that Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s mercy petitions to the British government did not affect the “Veer” title given by the public. The statement came during a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi over remarks made in London in 2023.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the MP/MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in a defamation case linked to his alleged remarks about Union Home Minister Amit Shah, asserting that the proceedings were triggered against him out of “political malice.”
Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of V D Savarkar, sought court directions for voice samples of Rahul Gandhi in a defamation dispute. Through advocate Sangram Kolhatkar, the plea was filed before Judicial Magistrate A A Shinde, citing material to strengthen allegations.
A Pune Magistrate dismissed Satyaki Savarkar’s plea seeking to stop Rahul Gandhi from deleting an alleged defamatory video. The court said, “The complainant has filed the CD of the alleged defamatory video. That can be relied upon by the Court during trial.”
