03-16-2006, 10:44 PM
<!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo--> India's soul is Hindu, says yatra-bound Advani
[ Thursday, March 16, 2006 06:56:41 pmPTI ]
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"It is our belief that the identity and soul of this nation is Hindu. The meaning of the word Hindu is not in the communal sense. Whenever people ask me why India is successful as a democracy compared to other developing countries, I say that only due to Hindus, the country is both democratic and secular", said Advani, who had to step down as BJP President after a spat with RSS over the Jinnah episode.
While Arya Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission were influential in the 19th century, "the biggest movement of 20th century and thereafter was the RSS", he said adding if it was a "power house prior to Independence, it is a university now."
The ultimate aim of the RSS, he said was the nation's holistic development and it was expected to be done by RSS volunteers only.
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[ Thursday, March 16, 2006 06:56:41 pmPTI ]
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"It is our belief that the identity and soul of this nation is Hindu. The meaning of the word Hindu is not in the communal sense. Whenever people ask me why India is successful as a democracy compared to other developing countries, I say that only due to Hindus, the country is both democratic and secular", said Advani, who had to step down as BJP President after a spat with RSS over the Jinnah episode.
While Arya Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission were influential in the 19th century, "the biggest movement of 20th century and thereafter was the RSS", he said adding if it was a "power house prior to Independence, it is a university now."
The ultimate aim of the RSS, he said was the nation's holistic development and it was expected to be done by RSS volunteers only.
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