Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil on Friday hit out at the Congress after a booklet questioned Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar's patriotism and valour and insinuated he was in a physical relationship with Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.
Congress-affiliated Seva Dal on Thursday distributed a Hindi book titled "Veer Savarkar, Kitne 'Veer'?", at a training camp in Madhya Pradesh.
"I don't understand what quarrel the Congress has with Savarkar. Congress does not have the strength and capacity to confront the thoughts of Savarkar so they are stooping this low to level such allegations," Patil said.
He also lashed out at the Shiv Sena, which in the past has advocated Bharat Ratna for Savarkar, but is currently in an alliance with the Congress and NCP in Maharashtra.
"I would like to ask Shiv Sena to what extent it will bear insults being heaped on Savarkar," he said, adding that the BJP would organise protests over the contents of the booklet.
Speaking about the government, Patil said the norm was to have a minimum of 12 ministers but the Uddhav Thackeray-led dispensation ran the state's affairs with just six ministers for over a month, and therefore, decisions taking during this period were "null and void as per rules".