The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Tuesday waded into the ongoing controversy over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on democracy, saying Gandhi should speak more responsibly. RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said that Gandhi should speak more responsibly and see the reality of Sangh’s acceptability in the society. He was speaking at a press conference on the last day of RSS’s ‘Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha’ in Samalkha, Haryana.
His remarks came in the wake of Rahul Gandhi repeatedly targeting the RSS in his speeches.
When asked about Gandhi’s recent remarks against the RSS, Hosabale said he might be doing it for his “political agenda”, but the RSS does not work in the political sphere and has no competition with the Sangh.
Responding to questions on Gandhi’s remarks in Britain, the RSS leader said, “Those who turned India into a prison have no right to comment on democracy in the country.”
He said, “Thousands of people, including me, were put behind bars during the Emergency. They (Congress) have not yet apologized for it. The country will ask them whether they have the moral right to talk about democracy.” “
He questioned that if there is no democracy in the country then how the elections are being held and how the Parliament is working in the country.
“His party has also won one or two elections,” Hosabale said. Speaking in the UK recently, Gandhi alleged that the structures of Indian democracy are under “brutal assault” and that the BJP and the RSS have captured almost all institutions. He has often accused the Sangh of spreading hatred and creating divisions in the society.
The RSS leader said the National Education Policy was formulated during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule after getting feedback from the grassroots level, including panchayats, “unlike the Congress-led UPA regime when policies were made by the National Advisory Committee”. .
He said, “The people of the country and the world are watching. They all know what the truth is. Maybe they know too.”
(with PTI inputs)
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