New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- It will be an 'insult' to the Bharat Ratna award and to the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives to the country if Veer Savarkar is conferred the Bharat Ratna, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said on Monday.

"Apmaan hoga. If we keep giving Bharat Ratna to the people who kept apologising to the British, then it will be an insult to the people who sacrificed their lives for the country, including BR Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi," Tagore told ANI.

The Congress leader's comments come a day after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said that if the country's highest civilian honour is given to Savarkar, the award's prestige itself will be increased.

However, another Congress leader, Husain...