Jaipur, March 12
The Rashtriya Swyamsevak
Sangh must have disappointed the Bharatiya Janata Party today as it not only
expressed reservations on the party’s “feel good” campaign but also dropped a
resolution on minorities under pressure from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
In his
annual report, RSS General Secretary (Sarkaryavaha) Mohan Bhagwat told over 1200
delegates that while “achievements on the economic front” “fills the atmosphere
with joy” but “economic policies should be such that the benefits flow to the
last man and he experiences them”.
Briefing newspersons about the three-day
annual session of the Sangh, RSS spokeman Ram Madhav said Mr Bhagwat said it was
important to ensure that the benefits reach the last man of the country.
“Real
development indicators are not the figures we find in statistics but the lives
of the people living in the lowest strata of our country”, Mr Bhagwat said in
his 15 page report which he read out to the assembled gathering of not only RSS
delegates but also the office-bearers of the parivar organisations.
The Sangh
spokesman clarified that the annual delegate session would only adopt two
resolutions and not a dozen as reported in a section of the media. The list of
resolutions includes one opposing a Bill introduced in Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly which debars girls from the state owning and inheriting property if
they marry a person from a state other than J&K and the other on Riang tribe of
Mizoram which is living in refugee camps in Assam and Tripura, he pointed
out.
Asked about a much talked about resolution on minorities, Mr Madhav said
that “it has been dropped”.
Inquiries revealed that the resolution had to be
dropped under pressure from the VHP and other Sangh hardliners.
While Mr Madhav
endorsed the Vajpayee government’s initiative towards Pakistan and gave a clean
chit to the dialogue process with the neighbour saying that “any effort to build
bridges with our neighbour is welcome so long it does not go against the stated
position of our governments”.
At the same time, the RSS General Secretary told
delegates that Islamabad “was compelled to talk the language of dialogue” as
India’s status had continued to grow.
Coming heavily on the recently held World
Social Forum and Bhopal Declaration, Mr Bhagwat said: “If we carefully study
their language, the amount of money they spend and source of that money,
background and ideology of the invitee groups and individuals etc, they all
smack of a sinister coalition of the Church, the anti-Hindu political groups and
secessionist elements” which are “wanting to exploit the inequalities and
differences prevailing in our society and widen the gulf and create
ill-will”.
Stressing the continued relevance of the RSS, Mr Bhagwat said the
“only way to crate a vibrant, cohesive, and developed nation is to create a
dedicated and disciplined organisation of men with sterling character and utmost
commitment to the national cause”.
