Unfortunate as we celebrate India@75: Vikram Sampath on Savarkar poster row in K'taka
India TodayHistorian Vikram Sampath said it was extremely unfortunate that violence erupted over the poster of Veer Savarkar at a time when India was celebrating 75 years of freedom. He said, "It is very unfortunate that a person who was at the forefront of the freedom struggle, 'Veer Savarkar', is being dragged into petty street politics." It is very unfortunate that a person who was in the forefront of freedom struggle, 'Veer Savarkar', is being dragged in petty street politics: @VikramSampath, author and historian.#VeerSavarkar #news @ShivAroor pic.twitter.com/4ds2Jy8QjF — IndiaToday August 17, 2022 A poster of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was torn by a group of people in Karnataka's Tumakuru on Tuesday, a day after violence broke out in Shivamogga after a group allegedly removed Savarkar's poster on Independence Day. On Monday, as part of the 76th Independence Day celebrations, one group tried to tie Savarkar's flex to the high mast light pole at the Ameer Ahmed circle in Shivamogga, to which the other group objected and wanted to install Tipu Sultan's flex there.
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