New Delhi, May 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 May paid 'respectful' tributes to Veer Savarkar, the Hindutva ideologue and venerated figure for the Centre's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). May 28 is the birth anniversy of Savarkar who was born on this day 1883, in Bhagur, near Nashik in present-day Maharashtra.

"Respectful tributes to Veer Savarkar ji, a true son of Mother India, on his birth anniversary. Even the harshest tortures of the foreign government could not shake his devotion towards the motherland," Modi said in a post on X accompanied by a video with the PM's voice over praising Savarkar.

Savarkar's birthday is also celebrated as Savarkar Jayanti. Savarkar's Hindutva ideology and the emphasis on national unity ...