There was a huge controversy in India, when our petroleum minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar worked hard to remove a plaque in Andaman jails. The plaque lauded the efforts of V. D. Savarkar towards freedom movement. I am not sure what petroleum ministry has to do with the state affairs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but the argument of Mr. Aiyar is that Mr. Savarkar was not a freedom fighter and he in fact collaborated with British government. So strange to hear from a man, who besides being a staunch communist, is an anti-national, a traitor himself.
During his student days in England, he actively participated in collecting money for Communist Party of China. The glitch is that, he was collecting money during Indo-China war! According to him, India attacked china and therefore china is a victim.
Later on when he was trying to get in Indian Foreign Service (IFS), his ‘nationalist’ efforts became big issue. Even Mr. Nehru, a staunch anti-Savarkar himself, couldn’t digest what Mr. Aiyar did in England. Finally, Mr. Aiyar had to give an assurance letter, negating his earlier acts.
Bravo! Mr. Aiyar! How unfortunate is India that we have ministers like him.
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