The symbolism of Parliament building’s inauguration on Savarkar’s birth anniversary https://www.allindiansmatter.in/the-symbolism-of-parliament-buildings-inauguration-on-savarkars-birth-anniversary/ It’s a well thought out strategy to eventually erase Gandhi from the rewritten history of India and to replace him with the father of the Hindutva Rashtra concept, Savarkar, who I call ‘Maafi Veer’. This is the real reason for the prime minister picking this date. Let’s not be fooled by any other explanation - Tushar Gandhi May 26, 2023
After his release from jail and confinement in Ratnagiri, Savarkar proved his loyalty to the British by boycotting the movements launched by Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress and conspiring to sabotage them. He reinvented himself as a Hindutva fanatic and was among the first to promote the two-nation theory. And, for all his anti-Muslim rhetoric, when it came to grabbing power, Savarkar’s Hindu Mahasabha did not shy from joining hands with the Muslim League to form coalition governments in Bengal and Sindh.
Prabodhankar Thackeray, Balasaheb Thackeray’s father and Uddhav’s grandfather, got to know of an attempt by Sanatani Hindus to murder Gandhi while he was travelling in Akola. Prabodhankar alerted Gandhians about it and issued a public warning to the Sanatanis to desist from making the attempt.
NM: It is not known what was achieved, if any thing, by the secret societies Savarkar claimed to have established in youth
S Sen in whatsapps: We must acknowledge that Savarkar's political career had two distinct phases: first, as a revolutionary Indian nationalist and, then, as a Hindu nationalist -- collaborating with the British colonial rulers.
Of course, there must have been a period of transition too.
It's rather in bad taste to ask what did the Abhinav Bharat achieve. As it would be to query what did Bhagat Singh achieve.
Nothing tangible. But, strong intangible impacts. Of course, in case of the latter, because of his firm principled stand culminating in his sacrifice of life, the impact was way stronger.