2 months ago
1
As galore arsenic 275 erstwhile judges, civilian servants and equipped forces veterans person criticised a caller study by the United States Commission connected International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which recommended a prohibition connected the RSS.
Terming it "highly motivated", they said it displayed "intellectual bankruptcy and deranged calculations".
In a associated connection issued connected Saturday (March 21, 2026), they urged the U.S. authorities to transportation retired a strict inheritance cheque of each the contributors to this "highly prejudiced and untenable report" successful USCIRF, alleging vested interests aimed astatine vitiating their goodwill with the radical of Bharat.
"USCIRF's proposal to frost assets, restricted question of Bharatiya citizens and placing restrictions connected those associated with RSS is highly motivated, and displays intelligence bankruptcy and deranged conclusions," the signatories said successful a associated statement.
"All six commissioners of USCIRF are appointed by U.S. Government and funded by American Taxpayers done the U.S. Congress. We telephone upon the U.S. Government to transportation retired a strict inheritance cheque of each the contributors to this study successful USCIRF.
"It volition beryllium an oculus opener to the taxation payers of U.S., whose funds are being utilized by USCIRF to nutrient highly prejudiced and untenable reports to beforehand hidden docket of immoderate anti-Bharat vested interests to vitiate their goodwill with the radical of Bharat," they added.
The connection besides raised concerns implicit what it termed USCIRF's recurring inclination to represent Indian institutions and socio-cultural organisations specified arsenic the RSS successful a antagonistic airy without capable context.
"It shows the recurring inclination of USCIRF to represent Indian authorities institutions and socio-cultural organizations specified arsenic the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) successful an overwhelmingly antagonistic aspects, often without due macro-level evidence.
"It raises morganatic concerns astir analytical balance. The RSS, with its extended grassroots beingness and contributions to societal work and nation-building, whitethorn good beryllium taxable to critique, but specified critique indispensable beryllium grounded successful verifiable grounds and contextual understanding, not lone connected wide generalizations," it said.
They emphasised that India, arsenic the world's largest ideology with a robust judicial strategy and organization oversight, provides constricted scope for violations of spiritual rights to spell unaddressed.
"Bharat is the largest ideology of the world. Given the robust, clip tested judicial system, vibrant antiauthoritarian institutions and Parliamentary oversight, there's precise little scope for individuals oregon organizations to spell scot-free aft violating someone's spiritual rights," the signatories added.
A full of 275 signatories see 25 retired judges, 119 retired bureaucrats, including 10 ambassadors, and 131 equipped forces officers.
The signatories see erstwhile Supreme Court judges specified arsenic Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (also erstwhile NGT chairman) and Justice Hemant Gupta, erstwhile main predetermination commissioners OP Rawat and Sunil Arora, erstwhile overseas caput Kanwal Sibal, erstwhile NIA manager Yogesh Chander Modi, and respective retired IAS, IPS, and equipped forces officers, among others.
The associated connection was coordinated by erstwhile ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee and erstwhile further main caput M Madan Gopal.
