‘Congress accuses RSS when in a fix’
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday claimed that whenever the Congress finds itself in a difficult situation, it starts making baseless allegations against the Sangh.
Hitting back at Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, who accused the RSS of having terror links, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh claimed Mr Singh’s statement were “far from the truth” and “entirely fallacious”.
However, the BJP, it was learnt, has decided that it will refrain from countering any “Hindu terror” remarks by the Congress leaders. Sources disclosed that the party is of the view that these comments are intended to woo minority votes but the Congress and its leadership are ignoring the “Hindus” whose sentiments they are hurting by making such statements.
The BJP feels that these comments by Congress leaders, including Mr Singh will help in consolidating the “Hindu votes” in its favour. The party is already feeling upbeat after the Bihar poll results, where it got a significant number of minority votes, sources said.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, apparently referring to remarks against the Sangh parivar founthead by Congress leaders, expressed concern over attempts to link Hindutva with communalism and terrorism.
“Sometimes people say things about Hindutva due to selfishness. People say a lot of things and say that talking about Hindutva is communalism and try to link terrorism to it and such things are on,” Mr Bhagwat said at a book release function in New Delhi.
Reacting on Mr Singh’s statement, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh general secretary Suresh (Bhaiyyaji) Joshi, in a statement said, Mr Singh’s statements were an “attempt to divert” attention from the “misdeeds” of the ruling party. Mr Singh had said the “hatred” of RSS towards Muslims was like that of Hitler for Jews and blamed the 1992 rath yatra of senior BJP leader L.K. Advani as the “root of terrorism” in India.
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