Hailing Veer Savarkar as a staunch nationalist, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said it was on Mahatma Gandhi's request that he wrote mercy petitions to the British. After this statement, political fire has been ignited once again over the Veer Savarkar. During the debate on this issue, the Information Commissioner by the Government of India gave his opinion on Rajnath Singh's remark on Savarkar. Watch the video.