'Saffron terrorism' a bait for Muslim votes: RSS

Says a few Sangh activists' involvement in riots doesn't make RSS a terror outfit

PTI | November 8, 2010



RSS chief of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Srikrishna Maheshwari today said the term "Saffron terrorism" was being bandied about only to malign the Hindus and garner Muslim votes.

"Those who talk of saffron terrorism are doing so only with an eye on Muslim votes," Maheshwari told reporters here.

He said a few activists of the Sangh may have been involved in some terrorist activities but this did not mean that the Sangh as a whole was involved in terrorism.

Many Sikhs were killed across the country as a fallout of Indira Gandhi's assasination in 1984, but this did not mean that the Congress can be dubbed as a terrorist organisation.

"Just as the Congress did not become a terrorist organisation in 1984, so also the Sangh cannot be linked to terrorism now," he said.

The RSS functionary said that for the first time in its 85-year-old history, his organisation would stage a dharna on November 10 to protest against the use of the term "saffron terrorism."

Maheshwari said the RSS has no plans to enter electroral politics, adding that it will organise Hindus in a big way to show its strength.
 

Comments

 

Other News

Cabinet approves Dearness Allowance, Dearness Relief

The union cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from 01.07.2026 representing an increase of 3% over the existing rates of 6

Cyclone Arnab strikes Andhra as warming oceans amplify storm risks

Cyclone Arnab made landfall along the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts in the early hours of Wednesday as a very severe cyclonic storm, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 125–135 kmph and gusts reaching 150 kmph. Its rapid intensification has raised concerns about how warmer oceans, global warmin

Counting matters but which ones?

The first instinct of public policy is to count. Its harder task is to count what counts. We have become remarkably good at measuring the reach of the welfare state vis-à-vis beneficiaries covered, rupees transferred, houses built, connections installed and services delivered. But some of the most

Inching closer to a trade deal with America

The cooperation between India and the United States goes back quite a time. We need to relegate that era to the backburner when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru visited US in the times of president Dwight Eisenhower and called the American let-off of 10 million dollars in defence aid to Pakistan as a “gun w

Manch vs Musk: Forty people and a foreign billionaire

About forty people walked the roundabout on Teen Murti Marg to the gate of Chanakyapuri police station, a distance you could cover in under a minute, on Friday to protest against Elon Musk’s Starlink. The walk was called by the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch. Nobody joined them on the way, and nobody seeme

Master sculptor recalls the making of the Shankaracharya statue

The Golden Chisel: The Story Behind the Making of Ram Lalla  By Seethalakshmi S. and Rahul Nandan Rupa Publications, 168 pages, Rs 395  

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter