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BJP's Nitin Gadkari says RSS' anti-Congress stand is subdued
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BJP President Nitin Gadkari, who has been blamed for leaving the RSS in the lurch when the Congress party launched its anti-'Hindu terror' and 'saffron terror' campaigns, has said the pracharaks were always soft on the Congress.
Far from going on the backfoot about not defending the RSS' reputation from being besmirched, Gadkari prodded the RSS on the mistakes it was committing.
He was speaking on the occasion of the launch of a book that deals with the philosophy, history and organisational structure of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) besides information about the organisation's 'pracharak' system.
The 264-page book 'Secrets of RSS: Demystifying the Sangh' is written by Mumbai-based Ratan Sharda, a teacher of international studies.
Releasing the book here, Gadkari initially extolled the RSS' functioning and said it was "often misunderstood as RSS does not approach the media on its own and rarely goes out of its way to explain its actions".
Describing the RSS as a democratic organisation, he said, "In spite of nearly 85 years of service to the nation, when it comes to the Sangh's image before media and many people, it is a matter of image vs reality."
He blamed the Congress for "not sparing a time in portraying RSS as a villain".
"The Congress has blackened its face in the 2G spectrum scam and now more details about the Bofors case are emerging... They are now trying to divert attention by pointing fingers at RSS time and again."
Asserting that the RSS never had any political ambitions, Gadkari said politics was about victory and loss and "I do not mind if we even lose at times. But, even at tough times, the Sangh has spoken about Congress in a subdued tone."
Nitin Gadkari said the charges against RSS were an outcome of "vote-bank politics".
"First, there was talk of involvement of outsiders in the Samjhauta Express blast, as stated by America too. Now, saying another thing... it is all vote-bank politics," he said on the probe into the 2007 explosions in the India-Pakistan train service which claimed 68 lives.
Earlier, Lashkar-e-Toiba was suspected to have carried out the attack and even the US had imposed sanctions on its operative Arif Qasmani citing his role in the Samjhauta Express blast.
"Patriots are projected as trouble-causers, whereas those convicted in Parliament attack case are yet to face the gallows," Gadkari said.
He was critical of slain Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare and said, "I have heard of conversations that were stored on Karkare's laptop in which there were plans to kill the present RSS chief".
He said he had also heard conversations in which Karkare had labelled RSS leader Indresh Kumar an "ISI agent".
His statements come at a time when Kumar's role is being probed by investigating agencies in connection with the Samjhauta Express blast and other terror attacks.
Karkare was killed during the 26/11 operations and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh had claimed that the top police officer feared for his life as he had unearthed the link of RSS leaders in terror plots in the country.
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