RSS not ideologically different from IS: Congress think tank


Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS): Claiming that the RSS is not ideologically different from the Islamic State, R. Mohan Gopal, who is part of a Congress think tank, on Saturday said the mayhem in Paris was a warning for India.

Addressing an event to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru here, Mohan Gopal, director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies, said the Narendra Modi government's talk of development was a mere facade to undermine democratic values.

"The Paris attack is a great warning for us, warning about what can happen when religious forces are unleashed on a democratic society. We see a great warning of how communal, fundamentalist and religious forces can misuse the idea of religion," said Gopal, referring to Friday night attacks in Paris that left 127 people dead.

"We condemn the religious doctrines and ideas behind the violence whether of the Islamic State or the RSS state that is being sought to be established in this country.

"There is no qualitative difference between the IS or the RSS, in terms of their commitment to overthrow democracy and undermine the secular republic anywhere in the world," he said.

Gopal said all the talk of development by the Modi government was actually an attempt to re-establish oligopoly- a market or industry dominated by a small number of sellers.

"The existence of what we see is apparently development but the essence of what we see is fascism, feudalism and an attempt to reassert oligopoly which has been weakened in the last six decades of our democracy.

"The people of the country need to realise that all the talk about development is a mere facade for undermining freedom and democracy. We cannot sacrifice equality, freedom and democracy for the sake of economic growth," added Gopal.

Speaking in the same vein, rights activists Teesta Seetalvad said the country was being governed by fascists.

"The country now is facing twin dangers under this government- one is the extreme right wing economic policies and two the extreme right wing and supremacist socio-political ideals. We may not have fascism in the government yet, but we do have fascists in positions of power," said Seetalvad.

The seminar "Jawaharlal Nehru and Modern India: contribution and legacy" organsied by the West Bengal Congress brought together a host of leaders cutting across political lines.

Speaking on the occasion, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury called upon people and political parties to fight unitedly against the fascist and communal forces to preserve the country's democracy, integrity and secularism.

  

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  • CSKudla, Mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    no need to correct name 100% right.
    Congress spoiling this nation.
    Before independence they against Christians, 1947 against Muslims now against hindu......wow great

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  • Rakesh, Pune

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    We can easily compare Congress with IS, First they divided India on religious ground. Congress should be wiped out from India for better growth

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  • ABD, LOS ANGELES

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    R.S.S IS THE ONE THE PATRIOTIC ORGANISATION WHICH NEVER INDULGED IN VOILENCE UNLIKE ISIS WHO BEHEAD PEOPLE...SHAME OF CONGIS WHO GIVE SUCH KIND OF CHEAP STATEMENTS...THIS IS WHY PEOPLE OF INDIA HAS REJECTED YOU...!!!

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  • ABD, LOS ANGELES

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    THERE IS NOT EVEN 1% COMPARISION BETWEEN ISIS AND R.S.S...BUT WE CAN COMPARE ISIS AND DONGI CONGI WHO SPREAD HATRED AMONG SECTIONS OF COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO GAIN POLITICAL GAIN...!!!

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  • Rosario Fernandes, Kallianpur

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Don't forget the letter 'C' is missing in your name. Your comment has no weight. Correct your name first.

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  • ABD, LOS ANGELES

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    WHO ARE YOU TO ASK ME TO CHANGE MY NAME??? I KNOW ACCORDING TO YOU C STANDS FOR CONGRESS...IF YOU WANT YOU CAN APPLY C AS YOUR INITIAL

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  • Ramesh S, mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    ..for RSS, there is check & balance within the society..most of the parties which is predominantly controlled by HUNDUS oppose the view of RSS in every front..RSS never going to be ISIS..but where is the check & balance for JI parivar..its a taboo for all sickular parties to talk about their & their wings misdeeds..even media hesitate to highlight it..who ever talks about it will branded anti minority..actually, this is doing much damage to the community itself..look at the mahyem created AZAD maidan and that also for BURMA!!..how many parties protested about..community is blind about a TV angelist, who is alienating people from the main stream..read the letters of youth to their parents..they are tottaly disillusioned..what concern shown by the political parties,on the people who are left INDIA to join ISIS and still trying to join..Congress should introspect how they are poisoning people in the name of riots, a simple exercise YOGA,Jayanti so on..its not unfortunate riots creating divide, its the year long politics played on riots creating communal ism..BJP wise enough not to play politics on Sikh mascare(except for self defense), what would have been to INDIA if BJP used Sikh riots every day to target Congress!..BJP didnt used Development to came to power in Delhi, it seems Congress going to create a big tension in coming days, to gain power in 2019..beware..

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  • Gangaram, Moodabidri

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Truth is always bitter.......

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    India First/Mangalore

    Are you joking or ignorant...RSS parivar members done the following

    Mecca Masjid Blast
    Samjotha Express Rail Blast
    Malegaon Blast
    Ajmer Masjid Blast
    Akshardhama Blast to implicate muslims
    Goa Blast

    many many more

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  • dev, mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Mohan is a ISIS agent

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  • dev, mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    people of india are not fools to listen to the congress party is sewage tank who looted india after british rule till today.

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  • Willie Menda, Bangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Today they carry lathi in their hands. Tomorrow it will be 'bum, bandook aur pistol'

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  • vinayak prabhu, mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    what about goan inquisition? who were responsible?

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Vinayak Prabhu,
    Injustice was there, is there and will always be there for ever in this universe.
    However, to what extent? Whether we co-existed? are co-existing now? Can we criticize each other and live or Die? Is a matter to be looked at.

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  • Akarshad, England

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    May I Know how many People did RSS kill compared to killers of ISIS?
    what base less comment. what about PFI and IM and AMIM and SDPI?

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  • Daniel, Mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    I again say these leaders talk anything unwanted in the public forum just to create havoc in the society. Yesterday Nalin K and today this...
    If some says anything, they need justify & made accountable. Why they don't take legal action if claim is true?
    One can't deny RSS and all Sene's take India towards Afghanistan way!!!

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  • shaan, udupi

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    correct,
    only difference is , ISS do and tell we did it, but RSS do and put the blame on others like Pakistan, indian mujahidddin etc.

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  • India First, India

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    More you defame RSS, More we unite. If Congress is truly secular then they should treat all religion equal. Congress is equally communal as BJP. Just the religion they favor are different.

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  • India First, India

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Will ever we read anywhere RSS massacred innocent people with AK 47 & Bombs ? Yes I do agree that, there are some allegations which never proved in the court of laws. Congress is just doing a vote bank politics. If RSS ever become ISIS then imagine today's situation in India ! RSS is truly a nationalist, country serving organisation.

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    ISIS - islamic idealogy vs RSS hidu idealogy - similarities.
    1) ISIS wants Islamic Caliphate, RSS wants Hindu rastra.
    2) ISIS forces people to follow their culture or perish. RSS too wants the same. Fortunately for India, they got their voice only after Modi becoming PM.
    3) ISIS has a dress code, so is RSS.
    4) Charitable work is part of concealing hidden agenda.
    5) Both are abusive and intollerrant of other religions, culture.
    6) Both try to cherry pick from some historical facts to prove what they are doing right.
    7) Both have political aspiration, disguised in religious colour.
    8) Both have innocent blood in their hands.
    9) Both do not bother about the torture majority from their own people go through silently.

    These are broadly some points. The objective is to make people aware organizations with hidden agenda is more dangerous for a country.

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  • krishna, canada

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    So.. how many videos have u seen till date on Internet of the atrocities by rss? How many girls have u heard rss enslaved and raped? How many of them have rss has kidnapped and forcefully converted by sword or gun? Dude. .. don't show u r peanut sized brain.. if it really were that agenda u wouldbe been converted long ago. Stop unnecessarily ranting as if the hell has broken loose. Feel pity for your state of mind.

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Well, mid night in canada speaks for itself. You proved my point no five.

    Speaking up against evil is necessary. It does not matter from whom or from where it originates.

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  • Prabhakar Mendon, Katapadi/Dubai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Mr.Roshan, Mangaluru
    You are absolutely right. Truth always bitter.
    No one can deny the fact that RSS is demanding Hindu Rashtra.

    krishna, canada - How come Killers of our father of nation Mahatma Gandhiji become saints??

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  • Ravi, Kapu

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Give me the name of one Cong leader who has spoken about Islamic extremism, which is a threat to the whole world. Congis have tried to destroy RSS in the past, but failed and failed and failed..

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    No worries. Evil wherever it may be eventually will destroy itself.

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  • shivaprasad shetty, kateel / dxb

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    RSS Runs 40,000 scolls across India

    RSS goes to rescue from people from natural calamities, like recently it did in Kashmir (it helpdesk Muslims majorly)

    RSS is dedicated to make a strong nation.

    When I was a kid I used to go to Shakha, it never thought me hatred, or hate muslim or any other religion

    GROW UP FOLKS, GET YOUR FACTS WRITE BEFORE COMMENTING,

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  • Hussain, Abudhabi

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Whole world knows who is Indian version of ISIS !! Well said Congress :)

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  • ABD, LOS ANGELES

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    INDIAN VERSION OF ISIS IS P.F.I

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  • Hussain, Abudhabi

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    ABD

    If it pleases you then let it be :p

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  • Rshetty, Mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Appeasement policy and fake secularism more dangerous then the both!! Indian people very well aware of who owns copy wrights of this ideology!

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Yeah worhipping Godse is true secularism as per Chhadis ideology....LOLZ

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  • Rshetty, Mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    by the way what,s happening in our state very good example of think tank ideology i mean to say divide the community and rule!

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    INC blames RSS and goes after Jayantis ignite fire.
    RSS/BJP blames INC Jayantis, hits and brakes and demand bandhs almost everyday.
    Poor are dyeing of starvation, elected representatives don't care.
    For India, AAP like party's are hope.

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Absolutely true. ISIS and RSS ideologies are born out of the same mentality.

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  • ibrahim/yanbu, ksa

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Well said Mr. Mohan Gopal. We need people like you to voice against fascist.

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  • sri, karkala

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Now some people are not given special privileges or they are not enjoying special benefits as under congress regime. They are missing creamy layer. So they might feel left behind or they need to wait in queue like aam admi.lol.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Promenade Road,Fraze Town,B'lore 560005

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    RsS also a religious communal group encourages to control other religions and propagate India to be Hindus.

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  • Sandy, Mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Congis, the more you think the more you tank!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Only difference is IS has Brains ...

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  • Prabhakar Mendon, Katapadi/Dubai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    And they are not chaddis....

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  • dev, mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    congress think tanks.hahahahaha can be renamed as congress sewage tanks.
    sickular morons

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  • abhyankar, mumbai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    yes jossey congress think tank has brains but they use for dividing purpose.

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  • Langoolacharya., Belman/Washington,DC.

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    CONgess Buddi(Laddi)Jeevi talking...from Mahatma Gandhi to Rahul Gandi...nobody could recognise the party now...except beef lovers....

    Could anybody tell these morons...whay Gandhiji said about cow slaughter please????

    ...JH...

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  • Shaad, Mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Only deference is they wear black and Rss wear khaki,white.

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  • Anil, Udupi/Mumbai/Dubai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    i agree, ISIS wants Sunny Country, RSS wants Upper Cast Hindu Country!

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  • Abdul Rafiq, Uchila / Dubai

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    Exactly.

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  • Jafer, Ullal

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    No one understand how much agony a common Muslim face when something like Paris happens in the name of Islam When some mentally retard evil like ISIS takes lives of innocent people.Hope our Hindu brothers understand the threat of these kind of ideologies to their own religion which have nothing to do with any religion just born out of hatred and frustration.Better to cure it in initial stage before it becomes monster like ISIS

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  • vnayak, mangalore/switzerland

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    In UK, the Prime Minister advised the Muslim countries that the best antidote against terrorism and extremism was the Sufism. What kind of advice does Mr. Modi have for India?

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  • A S M, Mangalore

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    One coin two faces IS and RSS...no doubt..

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  • vinayak prabhu, mangalore

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    This man is insane

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  • Indian,

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    shame on congress . these people remain silent on muslim extremists but whine about hindu organisation rss.

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    The thin line that is between RSS and IS, is leathal arms. Todate, RSS has not gone fully in that direction. Though, some have secludedly tried, luckily for India - they been caught and now in jail. Sadvi, Col Purohit etc. are part of that larger plan.

    Look, the main argument of RSS if I am not mistaken is 3.
    1) Congress loted the nation in the past 60years.
    2) India is led by a foreigner.
    3) Hindu's will be in minority.

    All of these are flawed arguments.
    1) If country was looted so badly, India would not have been 3rd in economic standing in the world.
    Nobody cares for Cambodian leader or Vietnamese leaders. Since India is emerging power, anyone in PM post will enjoy special status
    in world stage.

    Further, Modi is in power - he should have been able to get at least 1 lakh crore of the 100's of lakh crore they allege congress swindled.

    2) RSS can worship foreign breed cows. What is wrong if a political party is run by foreign origin but now a Indian citizen lady? Is it not Dr. Anni Beasant respected equally like Sarojini Naidu? Again a flawed argument.

    3) Hindu minority is a myth. There can not be forcible conversions in India. Religious conversion can happen only for monitory gains or with faith. Just because someone in Syria or Iraq wants a Islamic world - that is never going to happen. The caller himself making sufficient reason for people not to get involved.

    We as Indians have a duty to force our religious units not to get involved in radicalization. If we are able to do so now, future generation will thank us for the same.

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  • Jamal, Mangalore/UAE

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    Absolutely no difference. Sarvanash is the main purpose for both RSS & ISIL

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    True! RSS is a divisive and radical neo nazi organization which believes in suppressing Backward, ST, SC, Minorities and non hindi speaking populace.

    They lack a vision and have no idea how to run the nation.

    rss = dangebaazi ki dukhan.

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  • Patriotic EFEM, Udupi

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    India's democracy is under great threat by the leaders like congress think tank, Mohan Gopal. What a tragedy of our country. Terrorist attack by IS on France is the base for congress leader for equalizing RSS with IS instead of condemning the terrorist attack. Some of the leaders have no control over their tongue - what a freedom of speech in our great democracy ! God save our country.

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  • Roshan, Abu Dhabi

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    100% correct both IS & RSS will see their drastic end soon.. Jai ho

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  • Kailash M Poojari, Mangalore

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    Dongies will go any extent to stick to power by dividing the people as a vote bank. They will divide United India in to pieces to appease certain group of people.

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  • Jeevan, mangalore

    Sat, Nov 14 2015

    If it so..........WHY CONGI NOT BANNED R.S.S. Instead of SIMI ???

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  • Ahmed, Bangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    They banned it thrice.

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  • vinayak prabhu, mangalore

    Sun, Nov 15 2015

    but supreme court lifted as its politically motivated

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