The winter session of the Maharashtra Assembly began on a stormy note on Monday as BJP MLAs entered the House wearing saffron caps with the message 'Mi Pan Savarkar' (I am also Savarkar) printed on them.
Before entering the House, the legislators also raised slogans of "Mi Pan Savarkar" outside the Assembly premises.
Addressing the Congress' mega 'Bharat Bachao Rally' in Delhi on Saturday, party leader Rahul Gandhi rejected the BJP's demand for an apology over his "rape in India" barb, and added that his name was Rahul Gandhi, not "Rahul Savarkar", and he will never apologise for speaking the truth.
The BJP took strong objection to it and Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday demanded an "unconditional apology" from Gandhi over the remark.
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