MOHAN Bhagwat, Sarsanghachalak of the RSS, slammed the UPA Government for its incompetence to deal with the ever widening threat – perception from across the borders and expressed his serious concern at the bellicosity of Pakistan and China, conspiracy of anti Indian activities by Maoists in Nepal and jihadi elements in Bangladesh. Of alarm is that long stretches of frontiers “continue to be porous”, providing enough elbow-room to the inimical forces to join hands with disruptive elements inside to destabilise the country. “The predicament is all due to the weak-kneed and ham-handed policy being pursued by New Delhi”, he said. He further said, “Our jawans, the most valiant in the world, are sacrificing their lives to protect the borders.”
Shri Bhagwat was addressing a mammoth assembly of RSS workers, citizens and media persons at Town Club ground of Silchar on March 7. He failed to find any logic behind the Centre’s desperation for talks with Pakistan and outcry for peace viewed against the latter’s antagonism and pathological hatred for India. In the north , there is belligerent China which has been fomenting tension on the border and claims Arunachal Pradesh as a part of its territory. He cautioned against the reported move of Beijing to construct dam over river Brahmaputra which will spell doom for north-east region. He said frequent incursions by Chinese army across Indian border were ominous.
Shri Bhagwat also had a word of caution against Bangladesh which “has been a base of extremist and terrorist groups, active against our country”. The people of north-east have been badly affected by violence and bloodshed caused by these militant and jihadi outfits. He reminded, Bangladesh was the creation of India, but unfortunately “it has been the cause of trouble for us”.
On the issue of unabated infiltration from Bangladesh, he was highly critical of the Centre which showed scant respect to the directives of the Supreme Court and the High Court of Guwahati to adopt effective mechanism for the detection and deportation of illegal migrants. These infiltrators “are often found to play second fiddle to the terrorist and jihadi elements which strike at the security of the country”. Sadly enough, there is no strong policy to deal with the situation, he regretted.
Shri Bhagwat at the same time questioned the sincerity of the Centre to update National Register of Citizen (NRC). Interestingly , while the Union Home Ministry favours 1951 as base year for preparation of the register, Assam Government vouches for 1971. He said, I am definite, the updating of NRC would be deferred and kept in abeyance on the ground of general elections of 1911 in Assam and on the apprehension of losing Muslim votes.
Sarsanghachalak lashed out at Indo-US relations. He said, “America is following dual policy of making friendship with India and helping Pakistan.” He quoted former President APJ Abdul Kalam Azad who said at a function in Arunachal Pradesh that deviation from the glorious tradition ‘is the root cause of our present ills’. About 85 per cent of Indians, he pointed out, are inspired by ‘Hintutva’. He was confident that Hindus would regain their lost pride and glory and meet the challenges of external forces and thwart their evil designs. Forty thousand years ago, it was Hindu domination not only in India but also in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afganistan and some other south Asian countries, he pointed out and added to say, “Identical DNA composition in these countries is evidence of it.” Muslim invaders and Christian missionaries have been blamed for carrying out large scale conversions and distorting the domineering Hindu identity and culture of South-East Asia.
The public meeting with RSS workers was organised by South Assam Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh which was presided over by educationist and Sangh pramukh Bimal Nath Chowdhury. This was Shri Bhagwat’s maiden visit to the south Assam town of Silchar after becoming the Sarsanghachalak.
