'Actions & ideology don't match': BJP MLA asks own govt on Savarkar Bharat Ratna delay

NEW DELHI: In an unusual development, BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar on Friday questioned the BJP-led Maharashtra government in the state assembly over the delay in taking up a resolution seeking the posthumous conferment of the Bharat Ratna on Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar (V D) Savarkar.Raising the matter on the last day of the monsoon session, Mungantiwar said the resolution, which he had moved in the assembly in March, had still not been brought before the House despite an earlier assurance from Speaker Rahul Narwekar.He also used the opportunity to question whether the government's ideological position had changed after assuming power."If your ideology has changed after coming to power, then I will never raise this issue again. But your actions do not match the ideology you claim to follow," PTI quoted him saying."When a party comes to power, it should not change its ideology.