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.
The scuffle took place on Saturday after some policemen allegedly misbehaved with RSS Zila Pracharak Manoj Kumar while he was taking a bath in the Yamuna river at the Kumbh fair of Vrindavan.
According to reports, the incident took place on March 19 when the nuns were travelling on the Haridwar-Puri Utkal Express when the members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) accused the nuns of carrying out religious conversions.
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Deb was trying to encourage the teachers at a time when a section of senior party leaders expressed their grievances over the selection of the party candidate Prof Om Prakash Mishra, for the Siliguri Assembly constituency.
In a statement issued from the party headquarters, the senior leader of the party and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Punjab Assembly, Harpal Singh Cheema said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's nefarious moves in collaboration with RSS, BJP and central agencies, to put an end to the farmers' movement had embarrassed the country worldwide today.
