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Time of India
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
RSS to hold 1L meets to bridge caste discords in Hindu society
Lucknow: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will organise more than one lakh Hindu Sammelans across the country to hold discussions on "internal misconceptions" within the Hindu society and ways to bridge them through "mutual respect" and dialogue. These sammelans will be part of RSS centenary celebrations and will begin from Dussehra on Oct 2. A senior RSS functionary who attended the Akhil Bhartiya Prant Pracharak meeting of Sangh in Delhi said Hindu sammelans will address issues like caste differences which are deep rooted within the Hindu social order. "The Sangh will initiate a direct dialogue with the people to address the caste difference for a wider and robust Hindu unity," the RSS functionary said. The discussions could help the BJP counter opposition's caste narrative—like the Picchda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak (PDA)—ahead of upcoming electoral battles, including the Bihar assembly polls this year and even UP elections in 2027. "The biggest challenge before the Hindu society is that of caste differences and socio-economic backwardness of lower castes," the RSS functionary said, adding that the change in social perception needs to be reflected in overall public behaviour. He said pracharaks and karyakartas from 46 prants (as per RSS organisational structure) attended the three-day Delhi meeting between July 4 and 6 and shared detailed reports on Sangh's work and expansion of its outreach. RSS plans to organise Hindu Sammelans in 1,03,009 locations — 58,964 mandals (urban centres) and 44,055 bastis (rural centres). A'Ghar-Ghar Sampark Abhiyan' is also being planned to reach out to maximum households. RSS national prachar pramukh Sunil Ambedkar said on Monday that during the Delhi meeting Sangh primarily held discussions on engaging society more effectively and encouraged broader public participation in constructive work. He said that while the country was moving forward, it is not enough to progress solely in terms of economy and technology. "It is equally important to have unique characteristics of our society, such as individual welfare, living together harmoniously, and being mindful of the environment," he said, adding that the main goal for the centenary year was inclusive outreach across professions, geographies, and communities to foster holistic social integration. For decades, a political analyst said, RSS has advocated Hindu unity through the lens of cultural nationalism rather than through direct engagement with entrenched caste inequalities. The new emphasis on "internal misconceptions" and caste disparities indicates a clear pivot—one that acknowledges the deep-rooted fault lines within Hindu society. "This could mark the Sangh's most structured outreach to Dalits, OBCs, and marginalised castes, moving beyond symbolism to active social discourse," the analyst said. The initiative comes in the backdrop of opposition parties, especially the Samajwadi Party and Congress' aggressive push for "social justice" and the PDA narrative. Analysts said RSS's attempt to dilute caste divisions under the banner of Hindu unity could blunt the emerging 'Mandal 2.0 wave'. Experts also believe that RSS plans, however, will face the test of lower castes genuinely feeling included instead of taking it just as top-down tokenism.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Beginning of justice for Pahalgam victims: RSS on Operation Sindoor
Live Events The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday said Operation Sindoor was the beginning of justice for the Pahalgam terror strike victims. Retaliating against the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's base in Muridke."Beginning of justice for the victims of Pahalgam --'Operation Sindoor', Justice served. Nation supports," RSS national media and publicity department head Sunil Ambedkar said in a post in X."Jai Hind. Long live mother India," he military strikes were conducted under Operation Sindoor two weeks after the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 nine targets struck under 'Operation Sindoor', four in Pakistan and five in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir, were chosen by the IAF after receiving intelligence inputs about terror camps operating under the guise of health centres to evade detection at these sites, officials said on Wednesday.
NDTV
23-04-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
After Pahalgam Terror Attack, RSS Calls For "Appropriate Action"
New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, today urged the government to take "appropriate action" against those responsible for the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. One of its senior leaders went a step further and called for "strong action". Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Sunil Ambedkar told reporters that the victims should get justice and true justice will come when those responsible are taught a lesson. "Proper and concrete action should be taken against those who are guilty of the attack and they should definitely be punished. I think the government seems to be taking some steps in that direction," he said. "The way people were asked if they were Hindu and then shot, it is infuriating. The way they conspired it and attacked defenceless people, it should be condemned by all, irrespective of political boundaries," he added. Expressing his condolences for the deaths of 26 tourists in Kashmir's Pahalgam, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, in a post on X, condemned the attack. This is an attack on the unity and integrity of the country, he said. "All political parties and organisations should rise above all differences and condemn it... the government should take appropriate steps soon to punish those responsible for this attack," he added in one of his posts. Union defence minister Rajnath Singh issued a strong warning to those behind the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalagam, saying India will take every action to get those who conducted the attack and those who masterminded it. Speaking at a programme in Delhi, Mr Singh said, "I would like to reiterate India's firm resolve that we have a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism". "From this platform, I assure the people that the Government of India will take every step that is necessary and appropriate. And we will not only get those who have carried out this incident, we will also reach out to those who, sitting behind the scenes, have conspired to commit such nefarious acts on the soil of India," he said. Terrorists had opened fire at the famed meadow of Baisaran near Kashmir's Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in what is the deadliest attack in the Kashmir Valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike.
