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Savarkar never hated Muslims, Rahul portrayed him otherwise: Kin tells court

Satyaki Savarkar denied that V D Savarkar hated Muslims and said Rahul Gandhi falsely claimed he wrote about assaulting a Muslim youth.

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Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of V D Savarkar, testified in a Pune court, stating that Rahul Gandhi's remarks portrayed Savarkar as a "Muslim hater" and "mob lyncher," which he claims is false. Savarkar asserted that his granduncle's writings promoted Muslim progress. The testimony was part of a defamation case filed against Gandhi concerning his alleged statements about Savarkar's writings.

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In a Pune court, the Savarkar family questioned Rahul Gandhi's London speech in 2023. Savarkar's great-grandson, Satyaki Savarkar, claimed that the speech portrayed Savarkar as anti-Muslim, which he denied.

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Pune: Savarkar's nephew Satyaki has said that V.D. Savarkar never hated the Muslim community, but Rahul Gandhi has portrayed him as a 'vehement anti-Muslim'...

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livelaw.in broke the news in India on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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