No reason for anyone to object to RSS principles: Venkaiah Naidu

The Vice-President said that while talking of Nanaji Deshmukh and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, it would be in order to know how their vision and philosophy had evolved. “I think it is essentially their strong nationalistic fervour and idealism which distinguished them from many other leaders. This passion has its roots in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its ideological moorings,” he said.

Naidu added that the world’s largest voluntary missionary organisation has attracted all those who put the country above everything else, like Deshmukh and Upadhyaya, and even Mahatma Gandhi had acknowledged the positive values propounded by the RSS. He quoted Mahatma Gandhi as saying in 1934, “When I visited the RSS camp, I was very much surprised by your discipline and absence of untouchability.”

The Vice-President said that his initiation into public life was through the RSS, which taught him about life, values, culture and duties to the nation and fellow citizens. “It offered me a perspective of humanity, a sense of purpose for life and a framework for positive action. Like me, thousands have spent a lifetime in public life,” he said.

Naidu also quoted Jayaprakash Narayan, “RSS alone has the capacity to transform society, end casteism and wipe the tears from the eyes of the poor. I have great expectations form this revolutionary organisation which has taken up the challenge of creating a new India.”