Pejavar Seer addressing, RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat also seen

“Our country has glorious illustrations of mothers refusing to accept sons who have retraced from battlefields, in fear of facing the battle. In Bharat, mothers never accept cowards who do not fight for safeguarding the mother land. Bharat is our mother land, Bhumi Devi. And this mother land has been facing tormentous issues, both internally and externally. As children of the soil, it is our duty to stay united, to fight. The ‘many’ should become ‘one’ with unity. Along with the golden concepts of Matru Devo Bhava and Pitru Devo Bhava, we must ensure that we observe the notion of Desha Devo Bhava“, he added.

RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat, RSS General Secretary Bhaiyyaji Suresh Joshi were present.

ಅವರು ಮುಂದುವರಿದು, ನಮ್ಮ ಇತಿಹಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಶತೃಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಯುದ್ಧಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆದರಿ ಓಡಿಬಂದ ರಾಜಕುಮಾರನನ್ನು ಒಳಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸದಂತೆ ತಡೆದ ತಾವಿಯ ಉದಾಹರಣೆಯಿದೆ. ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಗಾಗಿ ಹೋರಾಡಲು ಸಿದ್ಧರಾಗದೇ ಹೋದರೆ ಅವರನ್ನು ತಾಯಿ ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಭಾರತ ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೆ ಜನ್ಮ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ತಾಯಿ. ಈ ಮಾತೃಭೂಮಿಯು ಇಂದು ಅಂತರ್ಬಾಹ್ಯ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿಂದ ಸಂಕಟ ಪಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ, ಮತಾಂತರ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ಆಘಾತಗಳಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ ಆಂತರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಹಿಂದು ಸಮಾಜದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಸ್ಪೃಷ್ಯತೆಯ ಘೋರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಿದೆ. ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಒಂದಾಗಬೇಕು. ಅನೇಕರು ಸೇರಿ ಏಕವಾಗಬೇಕು. ಇಂತಹ ಸಂಘಟಿತ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ಎದುರಿಸಬಹುದು. ಮಾತೃ ದೇವೋ ಭವ, ಪಿತೃ ದೇವೋ ಭವ ಎಂಬ ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ನಮಗೆಲ್ಲ ದೇಶ ದೇವೋಭವ ಆಗಬೇಕು. ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಪರಿಶ್ರಮಿಸಲು ಸಿದ್ಧರಾಗಬಾಕು ಎಂದು ಶ್ರೀಗಳು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

Thousands of citizens teemed on both sides of the entire stretch of roadway to welcome Swayamsevaks with flowers, slogans and saffron flags. Slogans of Vande Matharam and Bharat Mata ki Jai reverberated eternally.

Hubli Patha Sanchalan

Kannadaprabha:

Vijay Karnataka:

Prajavani:

Hosadigantha:

Samyuktha Karnataka:

`ಹಿಂದೂ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಸಂಗಮ’ ಶಿಬಿರ ಆರಂಭ

ಧರ್ಮಾಧಾರಿತ ಮೀಸಲಿಗೆ ವಿರೋಧ

RSS exhibition begins in Hubli

Hubli geared for mega RSS camp

Kannadaprabha:

Udayavani:

Prajavani

Hosadigantha:

Samyukta Karnataka:

Samyukta Karnata special page (PDF)

Hindu Shakti Sangama will begin from tomorrow, Jan 27th in Hubli.

Senior RSS functionary, Pranth Pracharak of Karnatak Uttar Sri N Gopal has clarified that RSS has no link officially or unofficially with Sri Ram Sene or its any office bearer. RSS is not all responsible for any activities of Sri Ram Sene. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will not support or tolerate any anti-social activities by any individual or institute. Entire nation knows the contribution organisational profile and social commitment of RSS, said Sri N Gopal.

Rescue services faced difficulty in reaching the affected areas due to damaged roads.  Swayamsevaks cleared the uprooted trees and electric poles which helped the line man to attend and restore electricity immediately in some parts of Puducherry town.  Mosquito coil, match boxes, candles, bread packets, water packets were distributed to 600 houses at five places of Puducherry town and to 1000 houses of the villages surrounding Villiyanur, Thirukannur, Kalapattu Panchayats of Puducherry.

In Cuddalore district, 3 kgs of rice were distributed along with candles, match boxes, mosquito coils etc. to 1200 houses of Vandipalayam and Pudupallayam villages. Councillor joined the RSS volunteers in the relief work inspite of a death of his Uncle. This act by the Councillor received appreciation from the local people. Another Ward Councillor who accompanied the swayamsevaks during relief distribution made it a point to inform the beneficiaries as follows: “These relief materials are from Swayamsevaks. Not from any other agency”. Door to door distributions of essential items were highly appreciated. 50 Swayamsevaks participated in the relief work organized under the Pondy Sanghachalak Sri Selvaraj and Secretarty Sri Guru Subramanian. Further relief work is under progress.

In North Chennai, food packets were distributed to 5 most affected fishing hamlets for 100 persons in each hamlet for two days. The Swayamsevaks who undertook this quick relief work were in fact undergoing training in a seven day camp of RSS. They attached greater importance to serve the needy and therefore were at the doors of the storm hit.

S Gurumurthy, Mumtaz Ali Khan MKLN Shashtry at Lecture prog on Sri Guruji

Bangalore December 27: “If we understand Hindutva as described by Guruji Golwalkar and practice it the way he explained, we can bring real harmony between communities”, told Eminent Economist and thinker S Gurumurthy. He was talking in a lecture organised by Mythic Society in Bangalore as part of Sri Noor A Alikhan Endowment Lecture Series.

“A renascent India can be achieved if we follow the way Guruji showed. It is not uniformity that we need, it is unity in diversity that can take India to a greater hinght”, Gurumurty added.

Former Karnataka Minister Dr. Mumtaz Ali Khan, Mythic Society president Dr.M.K.L.N. Sastry were present.

Team Anna meanwhile has its own concerns, the primary one being their belief in the finality of their own wisdom which the Government draft wishes to negate. Passage of the Bill using the characteristic brute power by the Government may do double damage – it will take  the wind out of the issue while at the same time render the entire 8-month old movement redundant.

The Left parties have a point when they question the tearing haste with which the Bill is sought to be passed. Such an important legislation should have been discussed sufficiently before it is passed. But the Government has no time. Anna’s threat of another fast and another nationwide movement looms over the Government. It can’t risk this at a time when it is heading for crucial elections in the coming months. However, Gurudas Dasgupta’s comment that ‘the Government is scared of an ex-bureaucrat, an ex-cop and someone who pretends to be the modern-day Mahatma’ is quite uncharitable. He should instead have questioned the motives of the Government for bringing this Bill before the House at the fag end of the Winter Session. There can’t be any justification for this delay. This is the simple and age-old technique of procrastination that all governments follow with legislations that they don’t really want to pass.

That the leaders of the Government were never interested in this Bill became obvious on several occasions in the last few months. Their handling of anti-corruption movements, be it led by Anna or Ramdeo, clearly betrayed their utter antipathy to the idea of Lokpal. It got reinforced by their farcical negotiations with Team Anna. Team Anna had to finally walk out of the negotiation room realising that the Government is just not interested. Naturally for the Government all that is needed is an excuse to not pass the Bill. The way it was drafted and the craftiness with which the irrelevant issue of Minority reservations got tagged to it bares the real intentions of the Government. Senior and respected Minister Pranab Mukharjee tried a trick in the Parliament when he insisted that the question of Minority reservations as part of Lokpal Bill is a question of Legislative competence of the House. This is an utterly fraudulent argument. Firstly, the Lokpal is not an institution for empowerment. It is an institution for eradicating corruption.

What we needed were provisions to pick up people with enough profile to tackle corruption irrespective of caste, creed, language, sex or religion. All these considerations are necessary only when we promulgate laws for affirmative action. In that sense Pranabda’s argument of Legislative competence is misleading. Secondly it is a wise trap in which it appeared that even the Opposition had initially walked into. The line of argument of some Members of the Opposition that the courts will reject such legislation indicates this amply. What needs to be made clear is that the question is not whether the courts will uphold the provision or not; the question is whether the Constitution permits such a legislation to be passed. In that sense the Legislature is not competent to promulgate or pass any Law that goes against the Constitution. Reservations based on religion have no sanction in our Constitution. Enough discussion took place on this subject in the Constituent Assembly and a decision was taken to extend reservations only to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes. The courts too have reminded this aspect to the governments several times before. The courts have additionally stipulated that reservations shouldn’t exceed 49% in any given situation. Yet for the Government to propose that there will be a 50% reservation for SC, ST, OBC, women and minorities in Lokpal appointments is sheeraudacity. As opined rightly by the BJP, this is an attempt to bring in minority reservations by the back door. This unconstitutional act must be resisted.

Unabashed Minorityism has taken a heavy toll on our national unity and integrity. It can’t be allowed to continue for narrow political gains. It doesn’t help the minorities either. They better realise it. Some parties, especially the Congress, have the habit of flaunting this Minority card every time they are in trouble or they need some electoral dividends. Before the previous round of State elections they raised the false bogey of Ranganath Mishra Commission report and made promises to the minorities. Elections were over and everybody forgot about it. Just before the last General Election they again raised the issue of Sachar Committee Report. Lot of din followed. Elections were over and the Government forgot about it. Now since the ruling party is in trouble they started this cacophony about minority reservations again.

Even the proposed Communal and Targeted Violence Bill is a desperate act to mislead the gullible sections of the minority community. Let the members of those communities realise this game of the Congress party and its allies. Let the Government also be clear that the country won’t tolerate such politics anymore. The larger question to be asked at least now is that can’t we think of Indians even once to pass a legislation like Lokpal which wants to tackle the humongous problem of corruption that affects every citizen of our country irrespective of whether he is a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian; or whether he is a Brahmin or a Thakur or a Baniya or a Harijan? If we make caste, religion or sex a criterion for selection in Lokpal committee we are falsifying the very constitution of it and creating divisions at the very inception level itself. How can then the committee be expected to be impartial? The very logic of selection through sectional representation will lead to protection of sectional interests. And that will be the nemesis of the Lokpal.

(Views expressed here are Personal views of Ram Madhav)