New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) national spokesperson Vinod Bansal on Saturday defended the legacy of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, questioning the backlash sparked by a question concerning his historic imprisonment following an intense political storm surrounding a school quiz in Keralam.

The controversy erupted following an unapproved "Freedom Quiz" conducted for lower-primary students in the Kasaragod, Kumbla, and Manjeshwar sub-districts, where a tie-breaker question asked: "Who was the freedom fighter who received the most severe punishment from the British?"--with Savarkar as the intended answer. While Left-led student outfits and political critics slammed the inclusion as an attempt to introduce par...