In 90s RSS helped not only Kashmiri Hindus but Muslims too Arun Kumar
New Delhi Mar 25 PTI The RSS extended help not only to Kashmiri Hindus but Muslims too when they bore the brunt of terrorism in the Valley in 1990s its senior leader Arun Kumar said on Friday When terrorism was at its peak in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990s the RSS worked on multiple dimensions — from building pressure on the government to hand over the region to the Army spreading nationwide awareness among people to save Kashmir to helping general society in the Valley — he said We started our services to help Muslims when terrorists started targeting them after the exodus of Hindus from Kashmir he added Kumar the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS joint general secretary and its pointsman with the BJP was addressing an event organised here to unveil a book titled Conflict Resolution-The RSS Way He said that a wrong narrative had been created against the RSS after the Independence that its a fascist and Hindu militant organisation and such an ecosystem is still continuing to spread disinformation Yet the Sangh has been able to work in Jammu and Kashmir Punjab and the Northeast to resolve conflicts he said Its because we do not see differences in society as conflict We never considered diversity as division in the country we never saw it as a reason behind differences in society We have always seen unity in diversity This is the core belief of the RSS with which we work he added The RSS has reached more than half of the countrys population today because it never considers anyone its adversary and works on its mission relentlessly to unite people in one common thread Kumar said For the RSS one nation-one people-one culture is not just a slogan but a conviction which is in the core of its work he said Along with continuity of Sangh there is continuity of our ecosystem as well he said adding To understand Sangh one needs to understand its perspective The RSS leader said many people create division and conflict in society in the name of caste community and language to implement their nefarious agenda of dividing the country This happens when we go for a smaller identity leaving aside our bigger identity that we are one nation-one people he said The RSS works on the ground to spread awareness among the people and unite them as the solution lies in the problem itself he added Kumar said there are several misgivings about the RSS — one of them being that it is an undemocratic organisation which is far from the truth He said decisions are taken by the RSS through an elaborate exercise involving members from across all levels of the organisations contrary to what many claim that only four to five people take all the decisions Addressing the event RSS national executive member Ram Madhav said the larger mission of Sangh is to unite people of the country The physical spread of the RSS is mind-boggling today with as many as 60000 shakhas being organized every day across the country and hundreds of projects being implemented on the ground he said The RSS is criticised because its a successful and an influential organisation today he added Speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of the event later Madhav appreciated the film The Kashmir Files saying it is an effort to bring the truth before the the current generation so that they remember what happened with Kashmiri Hindus in 1990s Its not a material to do any propaganda or campaign he said adding that such efforts to tell the truth behind Kashmiri Hindus exodus from the Valley were made in past too PTI PK PK CJ CJ
New Delhi Mar 25 PTI The RSS extended help not only to Kashmiri Hindus but Muslims too when they bore the brunt of terrorism in the Valley in 1990s its senior leader Arun Kumar said on Friday When terrorism was at its peak in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990s the RSS worked on multiple dimensions — from building pressure on the government to hand over the region to the Army spreading nationwide awareness among people to save Kashmir to helping general society in the Valley — he said We started our services to help Muslims when terrorists started targeting them after the exodus of Hindus from Kashmir he added Kumar the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS joint general secretary and its pointsman with the BJP was addressing an event organised here to unveil a book titled Conflict Resolution-The RSS Way He said that a wrong narrative had been created against the RSS after the Independence that its a fascist and Hindu militant organisation and such an ecosystem is still continuing to spread disinformation Yet the Sangh has been able to work in Jammu and Kashmir Punjab and the Northeast to resolve conflicts he said Its because we do not see differences in society as conflict We never considered diversity as division in the country we never saw it as a reason behind differences in society We have always seen unity in diversity This is the core belief of the RSS with which we work he added The RSS has reached more than half of the countrys population today because it never considers anyone its adversary and works on its mission relentlessly to unite people in one common thread Kumar said For the RSS one nation-one people-one culture is not just a slogan but a conviction which is in the core of its work he said Along with continuity of Sangh there is continuity of our ecosystem as well he said adding To understand Sangh one needs to understand its perspective The RSS leader said many people create division and conflict in society in the name of caste community and language to implement their nefarious agenda of dividing the country This happens when we go for a smaller identity leaving aside our bigger identity that we are one nation-one people he said The RSS works on the ground to spread awareness among the people and unite them as the solution lies in the problem itself he added Kumar said there are several misgivings about the RSS — one of them being that it is an undemocratic organisation which is far from the truth He said decisions are taken by the RSS through an elaborate exercise involving members from across all levels of the organisations contrary to what many claim that only four to five people take all the decisions Addressing the event RSS national executive member Ram Madhav said the larger mission of Sangh is to unite people of the country The physical spread of the RSS is mind-boggling today with as many as 60000 shakhas being organized every day across the country and hundreds of projects being implemented on the ground he said The RSS is criticised because its a successful and an influential organisation today he added Speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of the event later Madhav appreciated the film The Kashmir Files saying it is an effort to bring the truth before the the current generation so that they remember what happened with Kashmiri Hindus in 1990s Its not a material to do any propaganda or campaign he said adding that such efforts to tell the truth behind Kashmiri Hindus exodus from the Valley were made in past too PTI PK PK CJ CJ
