Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha president Swami Chakrapani has slammed Congress over its booklet on Savarkar. (ANI)

After a Congress Seva Dal booklet released in Madhya Pradesh claimed Veer Savarkar and Nathuram Godse had physical relations, now the Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha has said there are similar claims about Rahul Gandhi too.

Speaking to ANI, Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha president Swami Chakrapani said, "These are ridiculous allegations against former Mahasabha president Savarkar ji. We have also heard similar claims that Rahul Gandhi is homosexual."

The Congress-affiliated Seva Dal on Thursday distributed a book on Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, questioning his credentials as a patriot and his reputation for valour. The book also claimed that Savarkar had physical relations with Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.

The Hindi book, distributed at an ongoing camp of the Seva Dal in Bhopal, was titled "Veer Savarkar, Kitne 'Veer'?" (How brave was 'Veer' Savarkar?).

Referring to an incident mentioned in Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins's 'Freedom at Midnight', the Congress booklet said, "Before adopting brahmacharya, there is only one mention of Nathuram Godse's physical relationship. His [Godse] partner in his homosexual relationship was Veer Savarkar."

Not just BJP, even Shiv Sena, which is a Congress ally in Maharashtra, slammed the party over the controversial book that left many fuming.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday targeted Congress over a Seva Dal booklet questioning Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's credentials as a patriot.

"Veer Savarkar was a great man and will remain a great man. A section keeps talking against him. This shows the dirtin their mind," Sena MP Raut said.

Last month, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's jibe that his name was not "Rahul Savarkar" and hence he would not seek apology (about his remark on rape) had riled the Shiv Sena, his party's new-found ally in Maharashtra.

(With PTI, ANI inputs)