[Assam] Fwd: Guwahati: RSS chief's ridiculous comments?

Mon Dec 11 22:21:29 PST 2006

>How can responsible peoples like editors of newspapers and ex-bureaucrates
attend a function attended by an >organization like RSS; the group of
fundamentalists with no respect to India's DIVERSITY?!!! Its ridiculous..

While one can readily agree with the above, I think there is more than what
meets the eye here.
The RSS, of course, has its own agenda , it is a frightening reality that
the entire NE is being infiltrated by illegal Bangladeshis. That is the
problem. Indian Muslims and Hindus have learnt to live in peace with each
other over the centuries.

India and Indians ought to stress unity amongst the various religions
(Muslims/Hindus/Christians etc), and keep the goals of secularism. That
being said, it certainly does not mean that we give a pass to illegals from
Bangladesh - just because they happen to be Muslims(or of some other
religion).

The fact that they happen to be Muslims is of no consequence here. We ought
not to get away from the fact that these are illegals first and illegals
last, and for the sake of national security and unity, all Indians ought to
oppose this illegal incursions into India. Such an invasion, if unabated,
will ultimately hurt Indian Muslims and Hindus alike.

--Ram

On 12/11/06, Ritu Tapan Borah <ritutapanborah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How can responsible peoples like editors of newspapers and ex-bureaucrates
> attend a function attended by an organization like RSS; the group of
> fundamentalists with no respect to India's DIVERSITY?!!! Its ridiculous..
>
>  On 12/12/06, umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com > wrote:
>
> >
> > lets see if this goes now.
> > Also: If RSS chief is really interested in uniting Hindus he should go
> > to Kamakhya temple etc and order priests to enrol  Dalits as interns (to
> > become future temple priests there ) with RSS paying their expenses. Same
> > with Shankaracharyas in various other temples.
> >
> > I wonder how a religion can have imperialist designs - only humans can.
> >
> > *umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>* wrote:
> >
> > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:34:26 +0000 (GMT)
> > From: umesh sharma < jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Guwahati: RSS chief's ridiculous comments?
> > To: assam at assamnet.org
> >
> > [image: The Assam Tribune online]
> > *Guwahati, Monday, December 11, 2006*
> > ------------------------------
> > *Thwart fundamentalist activities in NE, says RSS chief
> > *By A Staff Reporter
> >  GUWAHATI, Dec 10 – RSS chief KS Sudarshan today called upon the people
> > of the North-east to unite against imperialistic designs of the Christian
> > church as also the Muslim fundamentalists who had set their eyes on the
> > region to further their plans for dominance of their religions. "Both the
> > Christian church and the Muslim fundamentalists are engaged in an aggressive
> > pursuit of their evil designs of imperialism across the world, and the
> > Northeast happens to be an important area of their focus due to its
> > strategic location," Sudarshan said while addressing a Prabuddha Nagarik
> > Sanmilan (Enlightened Citizens' Meet) at the District Library auditorium.
> >
> > Terming the unabated infiltration from Bangladesh, increasing activities
> > of the church aimed at spreading Christianity, and the growing consumerism
> > among the people as the major problems faced by the country, Sudarshan said
> > that only a united front from the people could defeat such evil forces.
> >
> > DN Bezboruah, former editor of *The Sentinel*, in his speech, said that
> > infiltration from Bangladesh was the result of inaction on the part the
> > elected representatives of the State since 1962. "We cannot blame others for
> > the problem created by us, because our own leaders consistently deceived the
> > people on the Bangladeshi issue for their narrow vote bank politics that is
> > determined by the illegal foreign settlers," he said.
> >
> > Terming India as the only country where the majority is rendered second
> > class citizens due to the unabashed minority-appeasement policy of the
> > governments, Bezboruah said that even hard facts and data about the status
> > of the Muslim minority ( i.e. their abnormal increase in population)
> > were sought to be brushed under the carpet for upholding the so-called
> > secularism. "Only yesterday even the Prime Minister spoke about minorities
> > having the first rights over the country's resources," he said, adding that
> > the state of affairs in Asom – where the Bangladeshis are the first class
> > citizens – best sums up the situation.
> >
> > Stating that the prevailing situation did not hint at a healthy
> > democracy in the country, Bezboruah said that the time had come for all the
> > Hindus to unite, discarding their differences on grounds of caste. "Nowhere
> > in the world can one witness such blatant appeasement of the minorities to
> > the extent that the majority is in grave danger of losing their identity.
> > The only way out of this morass is a united stand by the Hindus," he said.
> >
> > DN Chakravorty, editor of Dainik Asam, was of the view that the openness
> > of the Hindu religion was being taken advantage of by outsiders, putting in
> > jeopardy in the process the very existence of the indigenous population.
> > "The need of the hour is to have unity, uplift and understanding among the
> > Hindus," he said.
> >
> > Chakravorty also advocated a policy for separate electorate for the
> > Urdu- and Bangla-speaking Muslims on the basis of the 1947 population status
> > who would be electing their own representatives.
> >
> > Chakravorty also lambasted the ULFA for their pro-Bangladeshi stand and
> > termed its leaders as traitors. Ridiculing the outfit's call for boycott of
> > the forthcoming National Games in Asom and its demand to name the event as
> > 'Asom Games', he said that there should be a limit to one's absurdity. "The
> > ULFA is agreeable to funds for the Games coming from the Centre but at the
> > same time demanding a change of name to Asom, which is simply ludicrous," he
> > said.
> >
> > Former State Chief Secretary JP Rajkhowa stressed the need for stern
> > opposition to the move of some minority organisations to bring in a clone of
> > the IM (DT) that would be applicable to the entire country following the
> > Supreme Court's repeal of the IM (DT) and the Foreigners' (Tribunal) Order.
> > "All political partiers and organizations of the State should evolve a
> > common stand to thwart this sinister design," he said.
> >
> >
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