The Great Indian Political Debate - 2

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Loyalty to nation is what matters: Sudarshan
NT Staff Reporter
The Navhind Times
Thursday, January 12, 2006

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Panaji Jan 11: The sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh, Mr K Sudarshan said today that
loyalty to the nation was what mattered most rather
than the form of worship one praticised.

Addressing a large gathering at Campal grounds, here,
today, Mr Sudarshan stressed on the need for
consolidation of the strength of the country. “It is
only then that India would be able to guide the world
in the future,” he said, adding “it is just a matter
of time for the golden age once witnessed by the
country, to be revived.”

He also observed that the aim of the RSS of uniting
the Hindu community, is a compulsory prerequisite for
establishing peace and humanity in the world. “<b>This is
because,” the RSS chief said, “other religions believe
in the domination-based faith, while Hinduism
functions on compassion-based logic.”</b>

Speaking further, Mr Sudarshan said that after seeking
the help of the Roman empire during the 4th century
for its expansion, the Catholic religion lost the
value of tolerance, which is adequately covered in
several books like Dark Side of Christianity.
<b>
“The Vatican, at one point of time, even went to the
extent of making a statement that those religions
which try to equate themselves with Roman Catholicism
are crossing their limits of tolerance,” he said,
stating that this very mentality is the root cause of
the unpleasant things that took place in Goa, in the
past, indirectly pointing out to the events of the
inquisition.</b>

The experience of the 500-years long Muslim rule over
India is also not very cheerful, the RSS chief
observed.

“In spite of all efforts by the Muslim rulers, a
majority of Hindu population in India could not be
converted to Islam,” he informed, adding, “finally,
Hindavi Swaraj or the Hindu independent rule was
established against all odds.”

The inability of the other religions to reach the
spiritual level and connect with the soul is gradually
making the people around the globe voluntarily seek
the solace in Hindu religion, he noted.

“In fact,” Mr Sudarshan said, “the rampant racism
prevalent in America, especially in states like New
Orleans, has exposed the futility of the religious
equality professed by Catholicism.”

The RSS chief, denouncing the Macaulay’s education
system introduced in the country by the British
colonial rulers, said that it was responsible for
severing the ties of many generations with their
illustrious past and further also carrying out their
mental castration.

“This education system has further succeeded in
turning Indians ignorant about their own language,
Sanskrit, and in turn, making them unaware about the
Sanskrit suktas which would have revealed the
astonishing scientific discoveries by our ancestors,
long before the West had claimed them.”

The meeting was also attended by the leader of the
opposition, Mr Manohar Parrikar, besides other BJP
MLAs including, Mr Rajendra Arlekar, Mr Francisco
D’Souza, Mr Ramarao Desai, Mr Narahari Haldankar, Mr
Vinay Tendulkar, Mr Sadanand Shet Tanavade and Mr
Dayanand Mandrekar.
<b>
Mr Sudarshan reiterated his stand on the Swadeshi
Church and said that the concept of Swadeshi Church is
free from “foreign religious control”.</b>
<b>
Mr Sudarshan said that the major section of Christian
in Kerala, in spite of change of their religion, could
not separate themselves from the Hindu community and
its culture including festivals, and express their
dedication to the God in a church which is entirely
managed by them, without any “external interference”.</b>

Meanwhile, a RSS meet at Ramnathi, Ponda, has given a
green signal to the name of Mr Upendra Mokashi for the
post of the sarsanghchalak for Goa region, for a
period of 3 years.

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