<p>Maharashtra BJP unit on Tuesday said it will ask the party-led NDA government at the Centre to confer Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar.</p>.<p>In its election manifesto, released by BJP working president J P Nadda, the state unit also sought the honour for social reformers Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule, a party leader said.</p>.<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/god-save-this-country-cong-on-bjps-savarkar-demand-768588.html" target="_blank">God save this country: Cong on BJP's 'Savarkar' demand</a></strong></p>.<p>The manifesto speaks of "pursuing the matter with the Central government," the leader said.</p>.<p>Many BJP leaders look up to Savarkar for inspiration although he was a member of the Hindu Mahasabha and not the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the BJP. </p>
<p>Maharashtra BJP unit on Tuesday said it will ask the party-led NDA government at the Centre to confer Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar.</p>.<p>In its election manifesto, released by BJP working president J P Nadda, the state unit also sought the honour for social reformers Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule, a party leader said.</p>.<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/god-save-this-country-cong-on-bjps-savarkar-demand-768588.html" target="_blank">God save this country: Cong on BJP's 'Savarkar' demand</a></strong></p>.<p>The manifesto speaks of "pursuing the matter with the Central government," the leader said.</p>.<p>Many BJP leaders look up to Savarkar for inspiration although he was a member of the Hindu Mahasabha and not the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the BJP. </p>