Hailing Veer Savarkar as a staunch nationalist and India's first military strategist in the 20th century, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said it was on Mahatma Gandhi's request that he wrote mercy petitions to the British. After this statement by Rajnath, political fire has been ignited once again over the Veer Savarkar. On the other hand, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has also said that Savarkar, who talks about Hindutva today, has been maligned, Swami Dayanand, Vivekananda, Yogi Arvind will be targeted in the future. After these statements on Savarkar, the leaders of the opposition have attacked the government and the Sangh. Taking a jibe at this statement, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the BJP will soon declare Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as the 'Father of the Nation'. Watch what BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said over Owaisi's statement.