Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that he feels "extremely hurt" whenever someone criticises Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and that he once confronted a "big" Opposition leader asking him to study Savarkar properly before denouncing him.Gadkari, who has practically grown up in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh shakhas, currently represents the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency where the RSS headquarters is located."I feel extremely hurt when someone says something wrong about Savarkar. Savarkar and Shivaji Maharaj are revered by all of us. We are proud of Savarkar," said Gadkari at a felicitation function of senior RSS worker Arvind Khandekar here."I once met a big political leader who had said something bad about Savarkar. I told him not to badmouth Savarkar and asked him to first study him and the RSS properly," he said.Sharing further about the meeting with the "leader", Gadkari said: "He asked me, are you an RSS worker? I said yes. Then he replied "you are good" ..
