Thread by @sanjeevsanyal

As many of you are aware, @vikramsampath is constantly attacked personally by the Left cabal for the crime of writing a book about Savarkar. The latest is that he is accused of plagerism. The evidence is very weak as explained below 1/n

First, the evidence doesn't relate to any of Sampath's major works but the transcript of a speech he did at India Foundation in 2017. I also spoke at the event, and remember Vikram speaking mostly extempore with a few short passages read out. See link 2/n
indiatoday.in/magazine/up-fr…

Second, the supposedly plagerised sentences are from two scholars Vinayak Chaturvedi & Janaki Bakhle. They are both mentioned in the references, and the former is mentioned clearly in the text. Is it plagerism when the source is mentioned prominently? 3/n

Third, Janaki Bakhle reviewed Vikram's book on Savarkar. She had both positive & negative comments, but nowhere did she mention plagerism 4/n
indiatoday.in/magazine/up-fr…

As should be clear, this is just a smear campaign against @vikramsampath by the same old Left cabal who cannot tolerate the fact that their carefully constructed narrative is collapsing. If this is the best they could find against Vikram, they really have no legs to stand on 5/n

For those interested in the transcript of the speech 6/n

indiafoundation.in/articles-and-c…