NAGPUR, OCT 1: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Prof Rajendra Singh today defended the deportation of Bangladeshis by the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra, saying the move had become imperative in view of their involvement in anti-national activities.The observation came after he identified internal security as one of the prime concerns which calls for a firm handling by the BJP-led coalition at the Centre.Addressing the annual Vijayadashmi function - largely perceived as an occasion for the parent organisation of the Hindutva forces to set the national agenda for its units - the RSS chief observed that never in the past had the issue been in such a sharp focus as it was today after the serial blasts at Coimbatore earlier this year.He said the serial blasts have exposed the neglect of such a sensitive issue by successive governments at the Centre. Investigations have revealed a strong network that organisations sponsored by the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) havebuilt in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, he pointed out.The laxity in driving out Bangladeshi infiltrators too has contributed to the problem, considering that many of these infiltrators have been found to have joined hands with the militant organisations, he added.Prof Singh, also known as Rajju Bhaiyya, attributed the laxity to the tendency to look at every issue through a political viewpoint and create vote-banks.Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, he said although there has been a marked improvement in the situation ever since the Muslims in the Valley stopped assistance to the militants, the RSS would consider a total improvement only when the displaced Hindus of the Valley were rehabilitated in their own houses with due protection and their pride was fully restored.He also stressed the need for firm steps to counter the threat from foreign mercenaries. ``Militants' training camps across the border need to be completely destroyed,'' he added.Citing the recent bombings at the US embassies in Kenya andNairobi, Rajju Bhaiyya said even the US must have realised by now the dangers of terrorism and it was time for the world leaders to come together to work out ways and means for total elimination of terrorism.On the advent of the BJP-led coalition at the Centre early this year, he observed that the Government has so far been unable to fulfill expectations but described the nuclear tests as the most significant achievement of the Government. ``The nuclear tests not only demonstrated the immense capabilities and expertise of our scientists but also restored the self-confidence of the people,'' he said.Rajju Bhaiyya called for an economic pattern based primarily on the needs and interests of the country, especially the need to promote a healthy agrarian system in which the benefits of such an economic pattern are augmented at the rural level itself.He observed that the socialist pattern experimented with since Independence was too centralised and had become irrelevant after the break-up of the erstwhileSoviet Union. However, this did not mean that the country should adopt the US-like market economy.``What we need is a decentralised system where more employment is generated through agriculture-based policies with an emphasis on the traditional methods of farming. Nature should be milked and not exploited,'' he said, adding that the swadeshi movement formed an important basis for the economic policies which the RSS was aiming to propagate.He identified cultural invasion from the West and the rise in crime against women as some other problems which were needed to be addressed on a priority basis.He criticised the policy makers for their ``mental slavery'' towards English as a medium of education in a situation where as many as 36 crore people speak Hindi and 70 crore understand the language which was the third most spoken language in the world.The rally was presided over by former CBI Director Joginder Singh and attended by the first secretary of the US embassy, Paul Mailhot, and the politicalcounsellor of the Japanese embassy, Yoshifumi Okamura.
