Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke on BJP's promise to give Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar, in their election manifesto and stated that Congress is not against Veer Savarkar but Hindutva ideology that he patronised for. "We are not against Savarkar ji but the question is, we're not in favour of the Hindutva ideology that Savarkar ji patronised and stood for,"