The Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, who has drawn criticism from party colleagues on several occasions for statements favouring Prime Minister Narendra Modi, called it “irresponsible” of the organisers to announce his name without his consent.
The BJP made it a poll promise to confer the Bharat Ratna to RSS ideologue VD Savarkar in its Sankalp Patra or election manifesto for Maharashtra Assembly Election.
The ruling BJP and Opposition, including the Congress party, were on Thursday at daggers drawn over the issue of conferring the Bharat Ratna to RSS ideologue Savarkar.
