Keeping the usual Hindutva rhetoric aside but assailing the proposed Communal and Targeted Violence Bill,RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday nuanced external and internal issues dogging Bharat and spelt out two main approaches to strengthen the country to an unassailable level in world polity new global diplomatic initiatives starting with strengthening of friendships with immediate non-Pakistan neighbours and fortification of patriotic forces against wrong economic and political policies of the government. China is hobnobbing with Pakistan and is trying to create a new silk route through Gilgit,which is a gateway to six nations. It is even saying that an attack on Pakistan will be deemed as attack on China. We have to strengthen our position not just by strengthening strategic defences,but also by befriending neighbours like Bhutan,Nepal,Bangladesh,Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Of course,we must seal our borders with Bangladesh against nefarious elements,but we have to create an atmosphere conducive for us among the people there, Bhagwat said,addressing the annual Dussehra programme of the organisation here. Breaking the system of convenience of holding the function on a Sunday prior to the day,the RSS reverted to the old system of holding it on the day itself after a gap of several years. We have to ensure that our Hindu Tamil brethren get their due place in post-LTTE Sri Lanka and that they also contribute to that countrys growth. For that we must strengthen our cultural and economic relations with Sri Lanka. Also,we have to ensure that general atmosphere in Nepal becomes pro-India since instability there means instability in India, Bhagwat said. Reiterating that the only basis for any discourse on Kashmir is the 1994 Parliament resolution for integrating all of Kashmir with India,Bhagwat said even the highest court in Pak Occupied Kashmir doesnt consider Kashmir as part of Pakistan. But our government and its interlocutors consider it as a political problem. Not only do we have to take PoK,but have also to resettle four lakh Kashmiri Hindus back there with an impeccable guarantee of their safety. Maoists are being termed as more dangerous outfits. Does it mean that there is something like less or more dangerous forms of terrorism, Bhagwat asked. And if it is so,how could a person with suspected Maoist links be appointed on a committee of the Planning Commission, he added without taking Binayak Sens name. Making a scathing attack on the controversial poverty line parameters of Rs 32 and Rs 26,Bhagwat said,The Planning Commission members who suggested this should be given the money and be asked to sustain themselves with it. Isnt this an insult to the poor? Standing firmly behind Anna Hazares anti-corruption crusade,without taking his name,Bhagwat said the Sangh stood behind trustworthy people in their campaign. How can the portrait of Bharatmata and Vande Mataram be opposed in this country, he asked,referring to the police action at Baba Ramdevs agitation. He came down heavily on the proposed communal violence Bill saying,It brands the majority as a necessary perpetrator and the minority as a necessary victim when the historical facts are to the contrary. It is deceitful action of destructive mind and distorted ideology aimed at destroying social harmony. What is the constitutional status of this body called National Advisory Council that has drafted the Bill? Is it not a bid to clamp permanent emergency through the backdoor?
