As Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat prepares for a 10-day long visit to West Bengal, political storm have escalated, with the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Congress strongly opposing what they call the RSS and BJP’s "saffronisation” politics and call for resistance against "fundamental politics" of Sangh chief Bhagwat."
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.
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.
Pinarayi Vijayan termed the press conference held by Arif Mohammed Khan at Raj Bhavan as unprecedented not only in Kerala but even in the entire country.
Manmohan Vaidya retorted by accusing Rahul's father-grandfather of despising the Sangh and asserted that the Sangh's scope is expanding.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who strongly opposes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stirred up a hornets' nest after praising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) saying that "all are not bad in the Sangh Pariwar" and a section of right-wing organisation does not support the policies followed by the BJP.
BJP leaders have sought immediate sacking of Manavjeet Singh Dhillon, currently posted as the senior superintendent of police in Patna, for comparing the Popular Front of India (PFI), an extremist Islamic organisation, with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
He also said that the same ritual was held even when the DMK leader late M. Karunanidhi, Stalin's father, was the Chief Minister.
