The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, while congratulating the Independence Day on Friday (August 15, 2025), posted a picture of Hindutva thinker Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, on which the Congress registered a protest. The Congress said that those who could not become big in history, are being included in the poster. Pawan Kheda, the head of the media department of the Congress, took a sarcasm and said that the country is asking for cheap oil, not cheap comedy.

Ministry posted a picture of the picture congratulating on Independence Day

The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas posted a picture of Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose and Savarkar on its X handle and wrote, “Celebrating the independence of the country, let’s remember that freedom flourishes only when we nurture it every day through unity, compassion and karma.”

BJP is engaged in making traitors a hero by twisting history- Venugopal

Congress organization general secretary KC Venugopal said on X, “On every Independence Day, the BJP led by Prime Minister Modi is engaged in distorting the history and making the traitors a hero. The person like Savarkar keeps mercy from the British above Gandhiji and completely rejects Pandit Nehru and Sardar Patel ji. This reflects their contempt towards our freedom fighters. ”

BJP started adulterating freedom fighters- Pawan Kheda

At the same time, Pawan Kheda, the head of the Congress media department, reposted the post of the Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, saying, “While adulting ethanol in the petrol, you now started adulterating the freedom fighters. Those who could not become big in history, are making them big in the poster. “

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