AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi criticized the BJP and RSS for advocating the Bharat Ratna for V.D. Savarkar, suggesting they might even award it to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse. Owaisi cited the J.L. Kapur Commission report, which identified Savarkar as a conspirator in Gandhi's assassination, and highlighted Maulvi Alauddin as the first prisoner at Cellular Jail, not an RSS member. Read more