Author: Madan Das
Publication: Rashtriya Sayamsevak Sangh
Date: November 21, 2008
URL: http://www.rssonnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18
Statement Issued By Sri Madan Das,
Saha Sarkaryavah, Rss
On 22-11-08 At New Delhi
The investigations by the Anti Terrorist Squad
of the Maharashtra Police into the bomb blast at Malegaon in Maharashtra are
mired in controversy right from day one. In view of the claims by the investigating
agency that certain Hindu groups were involved in the blasts it was expected
that the case would be handled in a professional and thorough manner. However
we are pained to note that more than month-long investigations have left a
very bad taste inviting criticism from everyone including several security
experts.
Ever since this turn of events took place
in the Malegaon case there has been an unrelenting cacophony about the rise
of so-called 'Hindu Terror' and the involvement of the RSS and other Hindu
organizations in terrorist activities not only at Malegaon but also at several
other places. It is an article of faith for the RSS that it will never sponsor
or support any form of violence. Being a law abiding organization committed
to peace and social harmony we took a principled stand that the investigations
into the case must be conducted thoroughly and professionally and truth brought
out.
What we objected to and continue to do so
is the campaign that there exists something called Hindu Terror vis-à-vis
Jehadi terror. The purpose of this campaign is to support, if not justify,
the actions of the Jehadi terrorists and hide the failure of the government
in combating terrorism. We would like to caution the Government, political
parties and media that political expediency on terror would prove costly for
the larger interests of national security and integrity of the country.
Now the ATS has brought in a new dimension
of the conspiracy by the Malegaon accused to eliminate the senior Sangh leaders
Sri Mohanrao Bhagwat, General secretary and Sri Indresh Kumar, Member, National
Executive. We would have liked the ATS to further probe this matter. In stead
it chose to leak the matter in bits and pieces to sections of media. The governments
are obliged to ensure protection of all citizens. Hence this kind of information,
if it was available with the government, should have called for immediate
action. There was no such initiative from the government side. It gives credence
to the suspicion that this information is a part of a design to divert nation's
attention from the massive failure of the agencies in the Malegaon probe.
Deliberate and partial leakage of Narco reports
of the suspects making wild and baseless insinuations like the senior RSS
leader Sri Indresh Kumar's involvement with the ISI are also a part of this
larger design. We would like to categorically rubbish these claims of the
suspects. Sri Indresh Kumar is a senior and dedicated Pracharak of the RSS.
He had held various important positions in the RSS and is at present undertaking
several activities under the guidance of the RSS leadership. All allegations
against him are totally baseless and deserve nothing but contempt.
The Sangh leaders, including the Chief and
the General Secretary, are constantly on the move and are easily accessible.
Many people come to meet them and share their views on various issues. Merely
because someone had come and said something doesn't really mean anything.
Evidently all this propaganda smacks of a
sinister design to drag the RSS into some baseless controversy and divert
public attention from the misdeeds of the government and the investigating
agencies in the name of Malegaon blast case.
We urge that the government and media put
an end to this diversionary tactics and focus on the terror which has assumed
serious proportions.
I urge the countrymen to understand that this
campaign is politically motivated and intended to damage the reputation of
the Hindu organizations, Hindu saints and Hindu civilization. I call upon
the countrymen to defeat the designs of those who are undermining the national
interests for narrow political gains.