RSS chief: If Ramdev,Anna outsiders,what about the NAC?

Mohan Bhagwat questioned the constitutional validity of the National Advisory Council.

Addressing cadres at the conclusion of the month-long third year Officers Training Camp here today,RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat said that the RSS didnt start the current anti-corruption agitation but it also cant remain a mute spectator.

Criticising the government for blaming the RSS whenever it feels the heat,Bhagwat questioned the constitutional validity of the National Advisory Council and the Bill it had drafted to ostensibly tackle communal violence.

Said Bhagwat: Its an unwritten mandate for swayamsevaks to join any such cause that is in the national interest. Whenever the powers-that-be feel the heat,they put all their blame on the RSS. When so much is happening in the country,can swayamsevaks remain mute spectators? The swayamsevaks need not be told to join such causes. They do it as a matter of habit, Bhagwat said. On the Centres barbaric crackdown on Ramdevs agitation,Bhagwat said: Its the duty of the government to reach out to people like Ramdev and Hazare but its behaving with brutality with its own subjects. This is reminiscent of the Emergency and the Jallianwala massacre.

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Questioning the NAC,Bhagwat said: If Ramdev and Hazare are outsiders,under which clause of the Constitution has the NAC been constituted? Does it not comprise outsiders?

Referring to the Bill against communal violence drafted by the NAC,Bhagwat said: It is aimed at keeping the country divided along communal lines and keep various communities engaged in mutual fight. It has been designed to suppress the Hindus.

Whats wrong in demanding that black money should be brought back and corruption should be stifled? Bhagwat asked.

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