stated that the government was of the view that it was willing to release Savarkar if he undertook to retire from politics and stay confined to his house. Savarkar had had enough and eventually decided to retire completely from public life. He was given an option to be released from prison only if he abstained from politics for a year or till the first general elections or the third world war, whichever took place first. In view of such ridiculous conditions put on him, he stated: ‘In view of the restrictions put on me by Government, which I mean to observe, preventing me from taking part in
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