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Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.
1. RSS is making efforts to win over many sections of the society and that is understandable. Those who are serious about their opposition to Hindutva ideology of RSS must find out why it has been able to survive and grow during last 90 years. Merely opposing RSS without doing anything substantial to counter RSS ideology and its aggressive reach-out programmes will be just a futile exercise. 2. It is fashionable these days to be highly critical of PM Mr Narendra Modi or BJP but has such criticism enhanced opposition parties’ credibility? I do not think this is happening. 3. When Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India, gave a speech at RSS function earlier in June, his message was that one may be opposed to RSS ideology but one should not consider RSS as politically untouchable. I think this was the right message. Hence, if political parties wish to defeat RSS/BJP, it would be necessary for them to convince our vast country’s citizen-voters that RSS/BJP must be rejected as they wish to establish a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and that such a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ is not good for people of India. 4. On its part RSS’ top leaders must accept that democracy is supreme and must be preserved. I also think no good purpose will be achieved by RSS leaders not accepting honest ideological opposition to RSS ideology. It is dangerous to say that those who are opposed to RSS are not nationalists.
If not for the Hollywood movies, children would have never known that the Dinosaurs existed . And Hollywood sells fiction.
Same with R S S. If they are not sold in the media as they are , most people outside of the business of Politics will hardly know ( OR BELIEVE ) that R S S is such a Dinosaur in determining the political outcome or the fate of this nation. To the point of fact less advertisement that some one says “The R S S today is the government.” I am sorry Sir , the government is the same capitalist trade union comprising of all men in the same profession , in the ruling party or those waiting for their turn and share to please in full or in part their masters.
Since I am not part of opposition about whom the discussion is about, I have nothing more to say. I am just amazed to see the power of media. How even these learned people having access to detailed and authentic data can believe in a media created ” HYPE OF R S S’ POWER.”
Only Ashutosh and Fatima has commented logically here. Readers please read their views.Rest like Sanjay Nirupam still commenting here like any politician trying to gain as much mileage as possible with their pseudo-secularism. At least stop this drama after the way 1984Riot was conducted by Congress.
Guftagu band na ho, Baat se baat chale. No harm in a democracy in engaging with all shades of opinion. The effort should be to understand differing ideologies, engage with them, seek mutual accommodation, even change and modification of long held positions that may no longer reflect changed realities. 2. The RSS was founded in 1925, when the freedom movement was well established. The Hindu – Muslim faultline was visible to all. Whether those differences could be contained, managed, harmonised to allow for the emergence of a unified nation to succeed the British Raj is a thought many must have wrestled with. Ultimately Partition happened in 1947, followed by another in 1971. 3. Many of the emotions the RSS arouses, amongst supporters and detractors, are anchored in the place of 170 million Muslims in India. The Constitution leaves no manner of doubt that all citizens have equal status in India, with some special provisions to protect and safeguard the rights of the minorities, their educational institutions. Even common sense suggests that no other vision of the role and status of minorities can be sustained without leading to consternation and chaos. In that sense, the scheme of things spelt out in the Constitution is both principled and pragmatic. 4. The RSS today is a powerful organisation. It is fully immersed in the political and governance processes of India. Its views matter. All shades of political opinion should engage with it on a continuing basis, in a spirit of mutual enquiry and respect.
1. RSS is making efforts to win over many sections of the society and that is understandable. Those who are serious about their opposition to Hindutva ideology of RSS must find out why it has been able to survive and grow during last 90 years. Merely opposing RSS without doing anything substantial to counter RSS ideology and its aggressive reach-out programmes will be just a futile exercise. 2. It is fashionable these days to be highly critical of PM Mr Narendra Modi or BJP but has such criticism enhanced opposition parties’ credibility? I do not think this is happening. 3. When Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India, gave a speech at RSS function earlier in June, his message was that one may be opposed to RSS ideology but one should not consider RSS as politically untouchable. I think this was the right message. Hence, if political parties wish to defeat RSS/BJP, it would be necessary for them to convince our vast country’s citizen-voters that RSS/BJP must be rejected as they wish to establish a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and that such a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ is not good for people of India. 4. On its part RSS’ top leaders must accept that democracy is supreme and must be preserved. I also think no good purpose will be achieved by RSS leaders not accepting honest ideological opposition to RSS ideology. It is dangerous to say that those who are opposed to RSS are not nationalists.
If not for the Hollywood movies, children would have never known that the Dinosaurs existed . And Hollywood sells fiction.
Same with R S S. If they are not sold in the media as they are , most people outside of the business of Politics will hardly know ( OR BELIEVE ) that R S S is such a Dinosaur in determining the political outcome or the fate of this nation. To the point of fact less advertisement that some one says “The R S S today is the government.” I am sorry Sir , the government is the same capitalist trade union comprising of all men in the same profession , in the ruling party or those waiting for their turn and share to please in full or in part their masters.
Since I am not part of opposition about whom the discussion is about, I have nothing more to say. I am just amazed to see the power of media. How even these learned people having access to detailed and authentic data can believe in a media created ” HYPE OF R S S’ POWER.”
Only Ashutosh and Fatima has commented logically here. Readers please read their views.Rest like Sanjay Nirupam still commenting here like any politician trying to gain as much mileage as possible with their pseudo-secularism. At least stop this drama after the way 1984Riot was conducted by Congress.
Guftagu band na ho, Baat se baat chale. No harm in a democracy in engaging with all shades of opinion. The effort should be to understand differing ideologies, engage with them, seek mutual accommodation, even change and modification of long held positions that may no longer reflect changed realities. 2. The RSS was founded in 1925, when the freedom movement was well established. The Hindu – Muslim faultline was visible to all. Whether those differences could be contained, managed, harmonised to allow for the emergence of a unified nation to succeed the British Raj is a thought many must have wrestled with. Ultimately Partition happened in 1947, followed by another in 1971. 3. Many of the emotions the RSS arouses, amongst supporters and detractors, are anchored in the place of 170 million Muslims in India. The Constitution leaves no manner of doubt that all citizens have equal status in India, with some special provisions to protect and safeguard the rights of the minorities, their educational institutions. Even common sense suggests that no other vision of the role and status of minorities can be sustained without leading to consternation and chaos. In that sense, the scheme of things spelt out in the Constitution is both principled and pragmatic. 4. The RSS today is a powerful organisation. It is fully immersed in the political and governance processes of India. Its views matter. All shades of political opinion should engage with it on a continuing basis, in a spirit of mutual enquiry and respect.