Hyderabad, Feb. 26 -- The grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar has objected to Rahul Gandhi's plea to present 'historical facts and evidence' in a Pune court to support his remarks from a 2023 speech, which led to a defamation case.

Satyaki Ashok Savarkar, a Maharashtra-based Hindutva worker had filed the defamation case in April 2023, over Rahul Gandhi's remarks made in London in March that year, where he alleged that VD Savarkar and his associates had allegedly attacked a Muslim man and found it "pleasurable."

The Pune court is set to hear the case on March 19.

Satyaki Savarkar, while filing the case, refuted Rahul Gandhi's claim, saying that no such instances have been mentioned by VD Savarkar in his writings.

Gandhi had r...