PM Modi, VP Naidu pay tributes to Vinayak Savarkar on birth anniversary

Naidu described Savarkar as a multi-dimensional personality - a freedom fighter, social reformer, writer and a political thinker.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary, saying he motivated several people to join the freedom struggle.

"On his Jayanti, I bow to the courageous Veer Savarkar. We remember him for his bravery, motivating several others to join the freedom struggle and emphasis on social reform," the prime minister wrote on Twitter.

He also shared a clip of his May, 2018 "Mann ki Baat" radio programme in which he had referred to Savarkar.

"It is indeed sad that we kept on calling the events