BJP: Public discourse today shaped by RSS ideology | India News

NEW DELHI: As opposition events slammed PM Narendra Modi over his remarks praising RSS in his independence day speech, BJP dismissed the criticism asserting that the Hindutva organisation’s ideology is shaping India’s public discourse today.BJP’s IT division head Amit Malviya recalled that the nation’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had invited the RSS to hitch the Republic Day parade in 1963 and had known as it an organisation of patriots. “As the RSS marks 100 years, it is fitting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentions it from the Red Fort,” he stated, reacting to Congress chief Jairam Ramesh’s criticism.Malviya stated, “India’s public discourse today is shaped by RSS ideology, while the Congress is detached not only from the realities of our times but also from Nehru himself.” In his speech, Modi had hailed 100 years of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a “very proud and glorious” journey of doubtless the “world’s biggest NGO” and lauded all its volunteers for his or her devoted service to the nation.Himself a RSS ‘pracharak’ for many years, Modi has praised the organisation earlier too and selected the event to spotlight its journey since its basis in 1925. RSS has been related with BJP, and its functionaries work at key positions within the get together organisation.