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“Even Muslim-majority countries bash not let prayers connected roads and person designated places for worship,” Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) nationalist publicity in-charge Sunil Ambekar said successful an interrogation with The Hindu.
Mr. Ambekar made the connection portion responding to questions connected however incidents successful BJP-ruled States—such arsenic FIRs implicit Namaz connected roads, Iftar connected a vessel successful the Ganga, oregon the Char Dham temples asking for ‘Sanatani’ affidavits—impact the RSS’s connection of unity successful diversity.
“When the authorities restricts Namaz on roads, it should beryllium seen arsenic a law-and-order decision, not a spiritual restriction,” helium said. On the temple issue, helium added, “Arrangements astatine places of worship are made for those who person religion successful that religion. In a democracy, if radical consciousness these arrangements are not right, they tin dependable their opinion. We person media to rise our voice.”
Asked whether the Sangh sees immoderate ideological struggle with the assignment of Nitin Nabin arsenic the BJP chief, fixed his deficiency of anterior relation with the RSS oregon its affiliated organisations, Mr. Ambekar said Mr. Nabin has worked successful the BJP for years and that the enactment is susceptible of imparting the halfway ideology of the organisation.
On the ongoing West Asia conflict, helium said it is simply a clip for Opposition parties to enactment the authorities and prioritise nationalist involvement supra governmental ambitions. “War should beryllium fought for information and the payment of the people, not for idiosyncratic oregon selfish interests and I genuinely consciousness that India is pursuing that close path,” helium said.
Addressing concerns astir demographic alteration and colonisation imbalance, Mr. Ambekar linked them to humanities lessons. “Some radical recognize that adjacent if their worship practices change, they inactive stock the aforesaid ancestors and history. But a conception felt that due to the fact that their traditions were altered, the state nary longer belonged to them. This contributed to the partition of India—a improvement besides seen elsewhere, similar Lebanon,” helium said.
He added that the RSS is moving connected the crushed to beforehand consciousness of shared ancestry and nationalist unity, arsenic highlighted by Sangh main Mohan Bhagwat. “It is simply a semipermanent process. Meanwhile, it is important that those who bash not recognize this bash not harm the country’s unity and integrity,” helium said.
Mr. Ambekar defended measures specified arsenic the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) arsenic law processes aimed astatine safeguarding nationalist interest. “Illegal entrants look ineligible action, and the strategy allows reappraisal and correction for anyone wrongly excluded,” helium said.
Answering a question connected the Sangh’s views connected youth-led protests successful neighbouring countries similar Nepal and Bangladesh, and however India has not faced akin situations, Mr. Ambekar said ideology allows them to protest.
“Indian younker are highly aspirational. They are focused connected taking the state guardant and consciousness the authorities is moving successful their interest. They respect the Constitution and run wrong its model to lend to nationalist development,” Mr. Ambekar said. He said India’s younker took to thoroughfare during the state struggle, the Emergency, and against corruption and atrocities against women successful 2010.
On the RSS’ enlargement arsenic it completed 100 years successful 2025, Mr. Ambekar said its web of shakhas now conducts astir 88,000 regular sessions, engaging respective lakh participants. A caller divisional level has been introduced to decentralise the organisational operation and widen outreach to villages, tehsils, and mandals crossed India.
“Our imaginativeness remains consistent: fostering unity, nationalist development, and security, guided by the principles connected which the Sangh was founded a period ago,” helium said.
