Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that Pakistan would not have been created if Veer Savarkar had been India's Prime Minister during partition. Thackeray stated, "Savarkar must be awarded the Bharat Ratna... I'd have called Nehru as Veer (brave) if he had survived jail for 14 minutes against Savarkar who stayed in prison for 14 long years."