National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday responded to RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks on 'India's Independence'.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee today condemned the statement of Mohan Bhagwat, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief as anti-national and said this was uncalled for.
Speaking on the occasion of the inauguration of the Congress' new headquarters, Indira Gandhi Bhawan, named after the former Prime Minister, he said, "We are inaugurating our new headquarters at a very significant time. It's quite symbolic that yesterday, in a speech, the chief of the RSS said that India never achieved true independence in 1947, but rather when the Ram Mandir was built."
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday criticised the statement made by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat that Bharat (India) got its “true independence” on the consecration ceremony day of the Ram temple at Ayodhya
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is set to visit Bengal on an extended tour amidst the ongoing tension over the persecution of the Hindu minorities in Bangladesh and the other issues like infiltration and arrest of militants in West Bengal.
He will be accompanied by eight other RSS functionaries, including the RSS Sarkaryawah or General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday participated in the Shri Mahamrityunjay Mahayagya in Rajasthan’s Alwar and also worshipped the Shiv family located in the Yagya Mandap for happiness, peace, security and progress in the country.
Bhagwat criticised those who seek global dominance and cause divisions.
Dhamupur is the village of brave Abdul Hamid who received Param Vir Chakra.
Event convener Santosh Kumar Singh Yadav said during his visit to Hathiyaram Mutt in July last year, Bhagwat had felicitated families of many brave martyrs of Ghazipur.
