Patna: Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manavjit Singh Dhillon on Thursday courted controversy when he compared martial arts training in the camps of the insurgent outfit Popular Front of India with the routine followed in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh shakhas. The SSP’s remarks came a day after the arrest of two PFI members from Patna’s Phulwari Sharif area for their alleged involvement in terror activities. “The organization (PFI) works to organize and radicalize youth. The modus operandi is similar to that of RSS shakhas. They train and spread propaganda to youth under the guise of physical education. We have documents. There are reports that in PFI camps, members are given martial arts and other training to use sticks and swords,” he told reporters.
The SSP’s remarks sparked controversy, with several MPs demanding an apology from him for comparing the activities of the PFI with the RSS. Patna SSP should immediately withdraw such statements and apologize for it. When our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and many others are associated with RSS, how can one compare it with any organization which is involved in it. In anti-India activities,” tweeted senior BJP leader and former Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi.
BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul also criticized the senior police officer for his remarks. “This shows that SSP has lost its composure, how can you compare a nationalist organization like RSS with PFI?” They said.
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