Team News Riveting
Kolkata, January 23
Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said the goal of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was similar to what the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been visualising for India.
Speaking at a public meeting of the RSS at the Sahid Minar Ground in Central Calcutta organized to mark the Netaji Jayanti today, Bhagwat said that “the destination visualized by Netaji was the same as that of the RSS”.
“We must remember Netaji and our goal should be to bring to fruition his unfulfilled dreams. Netaji waged war against the British after exhausting all legal avenues to fight them. The two routes were different but the goal was the same. RSS is also tasked with that job. Subhas babu wanted to build India so that it could meaningfully contribute to the world,” he added.
The RSS programme was attended by Sukanta Majumder, Dilip Ghosh and Suvendu Adhikari, top BJP leaders in full Janvesh (Sangh uniform) of khaki trousers, white shirts and black caps.
Bhagwat’s dais was barely 50 metres away from the base of Netaji’s statue on Red Road where Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid her homage shortly afterwards and stated, “Bengal is following Netaji’s ideals. He showed us the way.”
The statement of RSS Chief has put the West Bengal’s ruling party in a fix. The Trinamool Congress leaders were quick to react and refute that RSS and Netaji shared the same goal.
TMC spokesperson Jai Prakash Majumdar was also quoted as saying that “Netaji never liked the ideology of the Sangh”. According to historians, it is “incorrect” to say that Bose was “critical of the RSS” as there is nothing to refer to that.
