Puttur: RSS Unit Seeks Better Governance

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Puttur, Mar 13(TOI): Expressing concern over the endless chain of scams surfacing in India, the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) of RSS sought transparency in governance and administration through minimum and simplified regulations, a judicial system based on easy access and timely dispensation of justice. It also sought elimination of black money and an electoral system capable of effectively curbing criminalization of politics.

On the second day of the ABPS, the highest decision making body of RSS, at its deliberations here on Saturday, adopted a resolution expressing concerns over growing multi-dimensional threats from China and the lacklustre response of the Union government to its aggressive intimidatory tactics.

Ram Madhav, national executive committee member of RSS who briefed the media said the ABPS discussed these two issues in detail. There are attempts to underplay the severe strategic dissonance between the two countries. Failure to expose the expansionist and imperialist manoeuvres of China can prove fatal to our national interests, he said. Likewise, cases of corruption coming to light are tarnishing the image and reputation of the nation.

On the issue of corruption, which he said was all pervading, Ram Madhav said people at the helm of power were either turning a blind eye or taking steps against the guilty as an eye wash under the pressure of the judiciary and media. The country wants to know as to what the compulsion was and which invisible hand was behind the acts at the top rung of power in a most sensitive matter like the appointment of the central vigilance commissioner.

The ABPS cautions that growing civilian and defence ties between China and Pakistan are a matter of grave concern to national security. The presence of the Chinese army in Skardu (PoK) in the guise of construction works and repairs to Karakoram highway is serious as it allows China to encircle Kashmir. Other issues exemplifying Chinese assertiveness includes its offer to export a gigawatt nuclear plant and transfer of ballistic missile technology to Pakistan.

RSS Shields Indresh Kumar's Presence

Indresh Kumar, executive committee member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) who was in the dock for his alleged involvement in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case in Hyderabad, is attending the ongoing Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) here. His name also featured in the Ajmer blast case earlier. The three-day ABPS, the highest decision-making body of the RSS will end here, some 60 km from Mangalore on Sunday.

Ram Madhav, the national executive committee member of RSS who briefed media persons on the second day of deliberations was nonplussed when asked if Indresh Kumar was attending the ABPS. He was attending the ABPS like any of the other 25-odd executive committee members of RSS and will continue to do so as there is no reason for him to not do so, he said adding that Indresh was not an accused in any (criminal) case so far.

Describing Indresh as a victim of a concerted political campaign against him, Ram Madhav said the people who are trying to drag the senior RSS leader and the organization in the Mecca Masjid blast case will stand thoroughly exposed. Such people will be taught a lesson by the people, he said adding that the case was under investigation and that it would be premature to comment on what was essentially a vilification campaign.

The CBI had summoned the RSS leader in connection with his involvement in the Hyderabad blast in 2007. The blast killed nine persons and five others were killed in police firing after the violence. The bomb was placed in the jampacked Mecca Masjid during Friday prayers on May 18, 2007. Indresh has already described his questioning in the Mecca Masjid Blast case as a conspiracy by the Congress. There are six persons accused in the blast case.