There is some assumption that Nathuram Godse who killed Gandhi Ji was linked to Veer Savarkar. As per the assumption, Godse was highly influenced by Veer Savarkar and a member of the political party “Hindu Mahasabha”.
Nowadays one who thinks this assumption is right gives some arguments in their favor.
- Nathuram Godse was a member of Hindu Mahasabha.
- It’s impossible that Veer Savarkar may know about Godse.
- Sardar Patel who is the home minister at that time also said that there is direct Savarkar involvement in this assassination.
- They also give the reference of Kapoor commission report.
Now let’s fold some history pages and go back to 1948. At that time Sardar Patel was a home minister and he was a member of a political party. This is the same as if our current home minister Amit Shah will release some statement about any incident. So we cannot see Sardar Patel’s statement in 1948 as proof from history. Also, we need to note one thing here the Court trial was not started when Sardar Patel gives this statement.
Birla House Incident
On 20 January 1948, 10 days before Gandhi Ji’s assassination there was a grenade attack on Gandhi Ji when he was at Birla’s house. Madanlal Pahwa was accused of this and sent to jail. Now the question is that why not the government increase the security of Gandhi Ji at that time. This assassination was failure of the system also. Nehru Ji and Patel Ji was equally responsible for this.
Red fort trial
A court trial was for more than a year but there was no proof of Savarkar’s involvement in this assassination. Veer Savarkar was acquitted of all the charges. No one has challenged the decision of the court. Sardar Patel, Nehru Ji, Ambedkar Ji everyone accepted the decision of the court.
There was an incident between Ambedkar Ji and Veer Savarkar’s advocate LB Bhoptkar. Ambedkar told Bhoptkar-
“There are no real charges against your client. Court hasn’t found anything. Patel also can’t go against the decision. You will win the case. “
Kapoor commission
In 1964, when the people involved in the Gandhi assassination came out after serving their respective sentences then some organization welcomes them. At that time, Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s grandson G V Ketkar made an unexpected announcement that he already knew about Nathuram Godse’s Gandhi murder plan.
When this news came in the newspapers, there was uproar. The public was speechless as there was always a blatant denial of any big conspiracy in Gandhi’s assassination.
For this reason, the government had to take immediate action. A ‘Pathak Commission’ was formed under the chairmanship of an MP. But after he became a minister, in 1966, the then Union Home Minister Gulzarilal Nanda appointed a retired Supreme Court judge under the Commission of Inquiry Act. This is called the Kapoor commission.
In that report, the commission was unable to present proof of Savarkar’s involvement in this. But commission refers to the term “Savrakride factor”. Even the commission did not call the two eyewitnesses at that time.
Kapoor commission report was junked by the government. And if Kapoor’s commission report was so reliable the why not Indira Gandhi take any action. Why does she not give importance to this report? Why she called Veer Savarkar as the remarkable son of India.
Amicus Curiae
In 2016, a petition was filed in the Supreme court of India that why the Kapoor commission assumes that Savarkar was involved in this. The Supreme court set Amicus Curiae on this. Court tells that there was no evidence that Savarkar was involved in this. There was no need for further probe in this.
You can read the court statement below-
https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2017/15103/15103_2017_Judgement_28-Mar-2018.pdf
So it is very easy to include Savarkar’s name in Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. And when the red fort trial now supreme court said there was no evidence of Savarkar’s involvement then we need to consider this as the final verdict.
Some people say that there is historical evidence about Sarkar’s involvement. But question is that if evidence exists in reality why not any court finds them. Why not Nehru Ji and Patel Ji challenge this. Till now there are many governments come but why not present this historical evidence to the court.
If you wish to know more about Veer Savarkar please refer my blog on Veer Savarkar-https://www.writewingink.com/2021/10/18/veer-savarkar-the-man-of-courage-and-bravery/