Modi-Nitish Row: RSS says Hinduism, secularism not contradictory - New Kerala
New Delhi, Jun 20 : The RSS today justified its chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments supportive of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying that there was no contradiction between Hinduism and secularism.
Mr Bhagwat, while addressing RSS workers at Latur in Maharashtra, said, "What is the problem if a political leader with Hindutva leanings becomes Prime Minister of the country." His remarks are believed to be an answer to Bihar Chief Minister and NDA ally JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar's opposition to Narendra Modi's candidature for prime ministership on the ground that a prime minister of this country should have impeccable secular credentials.
Replying to questions from reporters here, RSS Spokesperson Ram Madhav said what Mr Bhagwat had said in Latur was not something new, but the considered stand of the RSS in the Hinduism-Secularism debate.
"Hinduism is liberal and all embracing, and includes the premises on which secularism is based," he said.
The RSS sees no contradition in the two view points, he said, stressing that "Mr Bhagwat was only speaking about what the Sangh had been propagating since its inception that Hinduism was all inclusive, and his comments should not be linked to the current political discourse about the candidates for prime ministership." The RSS Chief is also reported to have said, "to sustain the Hindutva ideology, the Hindu samaaj should come together. And the country should have a Prime Minister who believes in that ideology or propounds that view." Mr Madhav said propopagation of the Hindu ideology in no way meant the exclusion of any section of the society as Hindusim was "all embracing". (UNI)
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Speaking at a function of Swayamsevaks in Latur Mr Bhagwat asked “what is the problem if a political leader with Hindutva leanings becomes Prime Minister of the country.”
He also questioned Nitish rights to decide who is secular and who is not. Bhagwat wondered if in Nitish Kumar’s imagination, former prime ministers of India were not seculars.
Obviously, Nitish words on Narendra Modi has not gone down well not only with the BJP but also with RSS.
In an interview given to a business daily on Tuesday Nitish Kumar has categorically said that any body wishing to occupy highest post should have impeccable secular credentials.
A political leader whose vision is narrow and frame of mind pigmy would not fit the bill, he is reported to have said.
His other declaration that NDA must announce its Prime Ministerial candidate before the 2014 election also led to heated political exchange.
Two Ministers of BJP in Bihar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi and Giriraj Singh are speaking at tangent. Modi was quick to obliquely endorse Nitish Kumar with the words “ a leader should have the secular credentials similar to that of Atal Behari Bajapai.
Giriraj Singh, another minister was quick to add that “ no body could be more secular than Narendra Modi.
Sushil Modi is held to be close to Nitish to the extent that he risks his relation in his own party, said political watchers in Bihar.
The fight within the BJP and the fight with allies like JDU are bound to worsen over a period of time.
The matter may come to a head when NDA meets on Wednesday to arrive at a consensus for Prez candidature which has eluded it so far.
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Amid the flutter created by Nitish Kumar's remark that NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate should have secular credentials, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday hit out at the Bihar Chief Minister, saying he was pandering to his vote bank. "Nitish Kumar has ...
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