Calling Gandhi "Father of Nation", an insult to Bharat Mata: Mahesh Vikram Hegde
Bengaluru: Controversial Journalist and founder of fake news factory ‘postcard news’ Mahesh Vikram Hegde on Thursday posted a controversial tweet on his twitter handle adding that terming Mahatma Gandhi as the father of the nation would be an insult to the nation given the thousands of years of heritage of the country.
Hegde instead suggested that the Ganhiji should be called as the “Son of Bharat Mata” instead of “Father of Nation”.
“Nationa that has thousands of years of heritage is called BHARAT MATA We’ve given the place MOTHER. So Won’t it be an insult to our mother if we call Gandhiji as “Father of Nation”? (SIC) he questioned in the tweet.
He further ‘reminded’ readers that India’s neighboring country Pakistan was due to Mahatma Gandhi. “It is better call him “son of Bharat Mata” Let me remind that Pakistan was born due to him” (SIC).
Mahesh Hegde has been in past on multiple occasions been detained and arrested by police for posting, sharing and spreading fake news post on his website. Earlier in April this year he was also arrested by the state police after Karnataka Home Minister had filed a complaint as a fake letter was circulated ahead of the Lok Sabha Election in the state which was allegedly written to Sonia Gandhi by Patil regarding Lingayat issue in the state.
Nation that has thousands of years of heritage is called BHARAT MATA
— Mahesh Vikram Hegde (@mvmeet) June 13, 2019
We've given the place of MOTHER
So won’t it be an insult to our mother
If we call Gandhiji as
“Father of Nation”?
It is better to call him "Son of Bharat Mata"
Let me remind that Pakistan was born due to him
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Centre spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print media ads for RSS centenary, reveals RTI
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.
The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.
Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.
“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.
RTI reply shows Min of Culture Govt of India spent a Whopping Rs 76L,13K,129 on Advertisement in Print Media on occasion of 100 yrs of #RSS
— AJAY Basudev Bose (@AjayBos93388306) April 16, 2026
When Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??@RSSorg… pic.twitter.com/dW4IUtdNCg
Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”
Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.
In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”
"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added.
Why is public money being used to serve a private ideological project?
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) April 16, 2026
Modi Sarkar spent ₹76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS.
Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to… pic.twitter.com/EoZ6Pim3IM
According to reports, the RSS describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.
Founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925, the organisation is marking its centenary year beginning from Vijaydashami in 2025, with the milestone observed on October 2.
