Opinion View from the RIGHT
Editorials in the latest issues of RSSs English mouthpiece Organiser and RSSs Hindi weekly Panchajanya,are devoted to the Congress stand on Maoist terror.
Dithering Congress
Editorials in the latest issues of RSSs English mouthpiece Organiser and RSSs Hindi weekly Panchajanya,are devoted to the Congress stand on Maoist terror. Titled The Congress is playing a diabolic game,the Organiser editorial says that its unfortunate that the Congressmen are fighting among themselves on the question of confronting the Maoist threat to national security. The Panchajanya editorial,on the other hand,is titled Congress ke aantarik vorodhabhas khatarnaak (internal contradictions in Congress on this issue are dangerous). The Organiser writes in its editorial: Its not clear whether people like Digvijay Singh and Mani Shankar Aiyar are fighting their inner party feud under the façade of strategy on Maoists. In fact,the Centre has not so far given the impression that it has a strategy in place. In national interest,despite the suspicious record of the UPA,the Opposition parties extended unreserved support to Home Minister P. Chidambaram to firm up a policy against the Maoists. But he is being attacked openly by his own party colleagues in a language that has proved music to the ears of the butchers ensconced in the safety of the thick forests of Dandakaranya. Panchajanya,argues on similar lines. Its editorial says: The Opposition stands with the government,but the Congress must understand that the party-government divide could prove dangerous for the country,and the fight against the Naxals cannot ever be won with this approach.
Happiness index
The Organiser carries two reports about RSS functionaries,in its latest issue. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat,who was at Haridwar to take part in a discussion on the Role of Indian culture in global conflict,is quoted as having said: Earlier we used to live in harmony with nature and there was no thinking of exploitation at all. But modern science not only encouraged exploitation of nature but also ruined rich traditions and values of life. What we need today is to live in harmony with nature if we have to survive.
Another news report talks about the release of a book titled A new paradigm of development sumangalam authored by Dr Bajrang Lal Gupta. Gupta is impressed by the idea of gross national happiness (introduced first in Bhutan),and argues that instead of evaluating development in terms of GDP,it should be evaluated in terms of all-round sumangalam,a concept which ensures total happiness in life. Gupta is described as an economist in the Organiser report. That he also happens to be chief of RSSs northern India region,besides being one of the six RSS spokespersons authorised to speak to the media,has not been mentioned in the report.
Foreign enemies
Among other themes in the latest issue of Panchajanya,the weekly column by Devendra Swaroop says that the Pope is encouraging religious conversions across the world. A column by Harbans Dikshit calls for greater transparency in the judiciary,while another column by Satish Chandra Mittal debates whether India is a country,nation,or a sub-continent. Swaroop has been a long-time contributor to Panchajanya; columnists like Dikshit and Mittal have not been introduced along with their pieces. The columns in the latest issue of Organiser,are devoted to various subjects M.V. Kamath asks the question whether we need foreign universities. Kamath writes: Oxford can be Oxford only in Oxford and not in Noida. Tip to Kapil Sibal: Help our universities and colleges to upgrade themselves on a regular basis and await results… This is a nation that once produced Nalanda. Jay Dubashi,in his column,argues that our economic model is designed to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Writes Dubashi: This is also the model adopted in most affluent countries from which we borrowed it. The gap between the rich and the poor has been widening ever since (Dr Manmohan) Singh and Co. came on the scene and liberalised the economy.
Compiled by Suman K. Jha
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