Savarkar's 10 Mercy Petitions to British Revealed in Court; Bhagat Singh's Unyielding Stance

Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, testified in a Pune court that his ancestor filed ten mercy petitions to British authorities seeking sentence reduction. He admitted revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh never compromised with colonial rulers. Satyaki argued the petitions were standard legal procedures, not expressions of loyalty. The case involves defamation allegations against Rahul Gandhi.