Sorry for speaking truth: Gundu Rao on 'Savarkar ate beef' remark
Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao defended his remarks after receiving criticism for his comments that VD Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was a non-vegetarian who ate beef. "Sorry for speaking the truth...This is what Savarkar said to the British," Rao said. "[Savarkar] was an atheist...and he also did not believe in cow worship," he added.