'Veer' Bhagat Singh should be honoured with Bharat Ratna; 'Bheeru Ratna' for betrayer: Muhammad Riyas

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: DYFI All India President P.A. Muhammad Riyas has come up with a response to Shivsena President Uddhav Thackeray’s demand to give Bharat Ratna to Savarkar. In a post on Facebook, Riyas said that Savarkar should be given ‘Bheeru Ratna’ (bheeru means coward) as he betrayed the Indian freedom struggle several times in jail by pleading he will not be a part of the struggle. He added that if Savarkar is award ‘Bharat Ratna’ that will stain our nation.

Riyas also said that Bhagat Singh was the embodiment of the word ‘veer’ (brave) who walked towards gallows by sloganeering ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ and he should be honoured with Bharat Ratna.