RSS to fight Rahul over Hindutva terror tag

Piyush Srivastava  | Lucknow, February 3, 2011

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has resolved to train its guns on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, as it believes he was the catalyst for the campaign against "Hindu terrorism". " We strongly believe there is nothing called Hindu terrorism.

It is something coined by some politicians to malign the RSS. The central investigating agencies started justifying this after Rahul Gandhi met US Ambassador Timothy Roemer in 2009 and later compared us with the Students Islamic Movement of India," Ram Madhav, executive council member and former spokesperson of the RSS said here on Wednesday.

"We know he is one of the catalysts behind the negative drive against the Sangh," Madhav added.

He said the Sangh will start a nationwide grih sampark abhiyan (door-to-door campaign) against the UPA to tell the people how the Congress leader was directing central investigating agencies to target the RSS for political gains.

Madhav said the campaign was on in some parts of the country from mid- January and that it will be held in UP from February 6 to 20.

"We will explain to the people how Sangh members were dragged into the Samjhauta case. We want a proper investigation, but the Congress is trying to raise the issue as a tool to gain political mileage," he said.

The RSS man claimed that no member of the Sangh was named in the charge sheets filed in the Mecca masjid and Ajmer dargah blast cases.

"But a so- called confessional statement of Asimanand was selectively leaked to the media. The statement of Rahul Gandhi came first and then the investigation was started in that direction. So while we are all set to fight a legal battle against those who are maligning us, we also want to turn a little aggressive against them and tell the people about the conspiracy," he said.

Source: indiatoday