New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday jointly unveiled a grand statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and at an event, the Sangh chief called him “the brightest guiding star between 1857 and 1947.”

The event, held at the B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology Auditorium in Pahargaon as part of the programme celebrating 115 years of Savarkar’s inspirational poem Sagara Pran Talamalala, drew senior dignitaries and a large audience.

Bhagwat, speaking from the main stage where senior leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah, Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi, the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar were present, recalled Savarkar’s unparalleled contributions spanning literature, poe

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