Tipnis hails RSS

The current issue carries the full text of the speech delivered by the former IAF chief A.Y. Tipnis at the concluding ceremony of the third year Officers’ Training Camp (OTC) of the RSS in Nagpur on June 5. Addressing the camp, Tipnis said, “In my opinion, the history of our freedom struggle is our inspirational asset in facing the divisive issues of today. In the freedom struggle, the RSS, the organisation whose cadres and leaders are assembled here today, played the part of a rallying force.”

Pointing out that a social organisation that does not change can become “dogmatic, narrow and lose the social relevance with which it began,” Tipnis added, “Now, RSS, I believe, is a dynamic organisation and I hope it is reviewing its agenda regularly to ensure that it addresses the existing/emerging challenges and not those of yesteryears.”

Stressing the importance of adhering to the principles of the Indian Constitution, Tipnis further said, “The RSS can render great service by standing up as a bulwark against forces of fundamentalism, communalism and religious prejudice and intolerance” and wished it “strength and wisdom” to pursue the “noble cause of developing patriotism and bringing social justice in this great land of ours that we lovingly call our Bharat Mata.”

Compiled by Manini Chatterjee