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Bengaluru, Nov 8 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday said that not a single penny is taken from external sources to run the organisation.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat made the statement while addressing a large gathering in Bengaluru as part of a two-day lecture series organized to commemorate the centenary of the Sangh.
He said, “We have never taken any funds from outside. Our volunteers contribute every year, and they try to give more. Even those volunteers who are poor are determined to contribute. Some of them stop using certain items like pulses for a year, save money and dedicate it to the Sangh.”
He underlined, “Not a single penny is taken from outside to run the Sangh. This helps us remain independent so that no one can put pressure on us. We only speak the truth and express ourselves freely.”
Bhagwat said, “Men, money and ammunition – these are the three essential factors. In all three we are self-reliant.”
He also said that things were not easy for the RSS 100 years ago.
“When the Sangh was founded, the idea of Hindutva was not widely accepted. RSS founder Dr Hedgewar was not well-known across the country. It was his dedication – and that of workers committed to the ideology – that made the Sangh what it is today. Now, the Sangh has earned credibility,” the RSS chief said.
He said, “Another criticism we have faced is that the Sangh is called dangerous or poisonous. But this opposition comes only from the lips, not from the hearts. The hearts are with us.”
He said, “Our aim is to organize the entire society. We are not here to find faults. The idea of organizing the entire Hindu society is often difficult for people to understand. The RSS does not want power or prominence in the society. Our sole aim is to unite and organize the society for the glory of Mother India.”
He said, “The purpose of this congregation is to share information about the Sangh. For at least a decade, the RSS has been the subject of intense discussion. When we listen to those discussions, one thing becomes clear – they are often based not on facts but on hearsay or assumptions.”
He said, “The Sangh is a unique organisation. There is nothing that compares to it in the world. You cannot understand the Sangh using the usual method of moving from the known to the unknown, because there is nothing else like it.”
Bhagwat said, “When people try to understand the Sangh, they often lack factual information, which leads to misunderstandings. This is what has been happening. Therefore, in 2018, it was decided that authentic information about the Sangh should be shared. The intention is not to convince anyone, but to present the facts. Whether one supports or opposes the Sangh, it should be based on facts, not perceptions.”
“First of all, we have to understand the Sangh properly. Many well-wishers of the Sangh also claim that it was formed as a reaction to certain situations, but this is not true. The Sangh was not born out of reaction or protest. It was founded because there was a need to organize the Hindu society. This organization of the society is not against anyone,” he stressed.
“The Sangh was conceived and implemented out of this very need,” he said.
–IANS
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