Fwd: Myths and Realities about RSS

[Amit Harhare]

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Date: 09-May-2014 2:37 PM
Subject: Myths and Realities about RSS
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Yogesh Mendjogi

 

 

Myths and Reality about RSS (Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh)
10 Myths	10 Realities
1 RSS Killed Gandhi	Nathuram Godse killed Gandhi in 1948. Godse had left RSS in 1930s itself. The court records and Justice Kapur Commission Report says so
2 Sardar Patel disliked and disapproved RSS	Sardar Patel banned RSS in 1948 due to political pressure from the group led Nehru. But after the ban on RSS was lifted, Sardar wrote to the RSS chief that he was the happiest man then!
3 RSS is anti-national	RSS is the foremost nationalistic organization in India. It was RSS that helped Indian soldiers and civilians in 1962, after the humiliating defeat at the hands of China.  Nehru personally invited RSS to participate in the 1963 Republic day parade 3500 RSS members marched on that day, in their uniform. The so-called secular members of Indian communist parties, Were busy raising donations for the enemy -China during 1962 war! During the 1965 Indo-Pak war, Lalbahadur Shastri requested RSS to control traffic in Delhi so policemen could be freed for defence duties. When Pakistanis attacked India to claim Jammu and Kashmir, it was RSS who cleared the snow, so that Indian air force could land their aircraft.
4 RSS is fundamentalist	'RSS is pro-India, pro-Hindutva. The ideology of the RSS is that there are only two kinds of citizens in India. Those who are Hindu today and those who were Hindus yesterday. This in fact unites everyone in India by culture, ancestry and tradition. RSS never preaches any religious Doctrine nor does it believe in converting anyone to its "religion". One thing missing in India and which hurts us the most is social discipline. RSS is a social service organisation that imbibes discipline amongst its swayamsvaks in all its activities.
5 RSS is fascist and a terrorist organization	RSS does not preach violence in any of its shakhas (branch). RSS only teaches of India's glorious 5000+ years culture and tradition. It teaches self-defence. RSS never advocated killing of "non-believers", like the radical evangelists do.
6 RSS is anti Muslim and RSS is anti Christian	RSS treats Muslims, Christians and everyone else in India. Irrespective of caste and creed, as cultural Hindus. Hindutva is an all encompassing ideology of RSS.  Anyone can become a member of RSS as long as they respect India. RSS is against only those who work against India's sovereignty. In the famous Ranganathacharya Agnihotri case, Karnataka High Court (then Mysore HC) had declared " RSS is a non-political cultural organization Without any hatred or ill will towards non-Hindus"
7 RSS is for Brahmins, Kshatriyas and other upper caste Hindus only	Totally wrong. RSS has no caste system at all. It treats every single member, be it male or female, as equal. In fact, 7 decades ago Gandhi had applauded RSS' casteless setup. All RSS requires from a volunteer, is respect for Bharat Mata (Mother India)
8 RSS was anti Sikh in 1984 riots	RSS was instrumental in helping Sikhs in large numbers When members of Congress went on rampage to kill. Read Kushwant Singh's Comments
9 Organizations like the Sri Rama Sena, Abhinav Bharat, Vishav Hindu Parishad and other organizations are part of RSS	No.This is utterly false.  To club every Hindu organization as Part of the "Sangh Parivar" is maligning RSS
10 RSS is only for Hindu men	There are two kinds of RSS setups. Rastriya  Swayamsevak Sangh for men, And Rastra Sevika Samiti for Women.  Both are thriving in India for decades. Both take out marches, celebrate India's heritage Festivals and glorify India's national Hindutva icons
RSS is the first one to extend help in majority of Natural disasters such as: 2004 TN Tsunami, 2001 Gujarat Earthquake, 2009 Karnataka-AP massive floods RSS volunteers are found from Jammu and Kashmir to To Tamil Nadu, rushing to help those affected. They are also in forefront to help people in case of man-made disasters like 2012 Asom riots caused by illegal foreign settlers from Bangladesh. It was RSS volunteers who donated blood during 1971 war. RSS runs over 1,70,000 projects across India via organizations like Sewa Bharati, catering to people every state, religion, caste, colour and creed. RSS runs 27,041 schools (Ekal Vidyalaya) in remote tribal areas : 7,53,123 socially deprived tribal students are enrolled. RSS is the world's largest voluntary service organization with over 60,00,000 active members, plus millions of supporters.   Go to their website to learn. (http://www.rss.org/)

 People are against RSS, without knowing the facts

 

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