The RSS doesn’t run the BJP, the BJP runs the BJP

: •Vandita Mishra: In the context of Jammu, what do you make of the fact that for the first time the Congress is reaching out to the BJP and other parties on an issue of national importance?

Madan Das Devi: First, I would like to say that this is not a political agitation. It is a public agitation in Jammu. Everyone has supported the bandh. Also, most of the MLAs in the Jammu region are from the Congress. But it is the involvement of the people that has brought the administration to the negotiating table.

•Vandita Mishra: Don’t you see this as a larger process of dialogue between the two major political parties?

Madan Das Devi: Why not? We can’t grow further apart than this.

•Coomi Kapoor: Do you think the all-party committee can help resolve the impasse in Jammu?

Madan Das Devi: It is the responsibility of all to look after the security of Jammu & Kashmir. We have to try and solve this problem amicably.

•J P Yadav: The PM has said that the way the issue is developing in Jammu, it will only help India’s enemies.

Madan Das Devi: The situation has been created by the enemies of India — the Hurriyat Conference with the support of people across the border. The PDP has joined hands with them to bring down the Government.

•J P Yadav: The RSS and the BJP have been accused of stoking the anger of the people of Jammu.

Madan Das Devi: Not just the RSS or the BJP but everyone, irrespective of party, has joined the agitation. So it’s not a one party issue.

•Manish Chibber: Do you think this would strengthen the demand for a separate state for Jammu? All the people leading this agitation were part of RSS-backed organisations.

Madan Das Devi: Discrimination against Jammu is always on the minds of the people there. There are demands that they want to be fulfilled.

•D K Singh: How similar or different is this Amarnath movement from the Ram temple movement?

Madan Das Devi: The sentiment is common. In the case of Jammu, land was given to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board on lease for some structures to be created for the yatris. The Ram temple is a very old agony of this nation. It was destroyed and it should be revived as Ram Janambhoomi. The fact is that the public is aroused by such...

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