In this episode of Editorial, Mr. Sujit Nair discusses statements made by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. Speaking at the inauguration of the Congress party's new headquarters in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP and RSS of capturing all institutions in the country. He asserted that the Congress is, therefore, fighting not only the BJP and RSS but also the “Indian state itself”.
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[00:00:01] Namaskar! Welcome to another episode of Editorial. Rahul Gandhi says that we are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State. This is what the leader of the opposition said. Let us understand why he said it. Let us understand what was the reason he thought this was the current situation.
[00:00:31] Let us get right into the show. So Rahul Gandhi made a lot of scathing statement against the RSS and Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of RSS. He made scathing attack on them and also on the Bharatiya Janata Party. Now a lot of people say that listen, Rahul Gandhi is taking it too far. He is taking it too far.
[00:01:02] So let us try and understand what Rahul Gandhi said and let us also try and understand as to what was the context in which he said what he said. And then we will figure out what he said was taking it too far, what he said was right, what he said was wrong or otherwise.
[00:01:26] Rahul Gandhi said that Mohan Bhagwat has the audacity to inform the nation every two to three days what he thinks about the independence movement and the constitution.
[00:01:38] What he said yesterday is prison because he stated that the constitution is invalid. Fight against the British was invalid. He has the audacity to say this publicly. In any other country, he would have been arrested and tried.
[00:02:01] This is what he said. He went on to say that Bhagwat said that India did not get independence in 1947 is an insult to every single Indian. It's about time we stopped listening to this nonsense that these people think they can just keep parroting out and shouting and screaming.
[00:02:23] Now the important part. He said do you think that we are fighting a fair fight? Rahul Gandhi said if you believe that we are fighting a political organization called Bharatia Janata Party that we are fighting the RSS, you have not understood what is going on.
[00:02:43] The Bharatia Janata Party and the RSS has captured every single institution of our country. We are now fighting the Bharatia Janata Party, RSS and the Indian state itself.
[00:03:00] And he went on to say that they want India to be run by one man and they want to crush the voice of this country. This is the agenda and I would like to say clearly that there is no other party in this country that can stop them. The only party that can stop them is Congress.
[00:03:21] Now let us understand what he was trying to say and what he is saying is it true. See the fact remains that a lot of people have written, spoken, believed that RSS and RSS ideology prevails in a lot of institutions in India.
[00:03:50] And whenever Bharatia Janata Party has been in power, especially now after 2014, when Bharatia Janata Party was in power, it has promoted the RSS values not just in the society but also in the value system within the constitutional institutions. Now I don't just say this randomly but let us talk about some incidents.
[00:04:18] Do you remember that the justice from Allahabad court, a judge from Allahabad court had gone to a Vishwa Hindu Parishat event and he had said that I have no hesitation in saying that this is Hindustan. This country would function as per the wishes of Bahusankhya living in Hindustan. This is the law. You can't say that you are saying this being a high court judge.
[00:04:46] The law in fact works according to majority. Look at it in the context of family and society. Only what benefits the welfare and happiness of the majority will be accepted. This is what a judge, a judge who decides your future said. He said, our country is a majoritarian country. I didn't know this. I never thought. I thought my constitution said that everybody has equal value.
[00:05:14] Everybody is equal in front of the law, in front of the country, in front of every constitutional institution of this country. That is what my constitution said. But they just said no. No, I said no. Bahusankhya, which is majority. This country would do exactly what the Bahusankhya wants. That is what the law is. He said, don't say that. A judge is talking like this. That is what the law is. He says.
[00:05:39] Which means if the Bahusankhya, which is Hindus, if Hindus want, anything can happen. They can possibly do anything they want. So this is what a judge says. A judge, a high court judge. Now which ideology does this judge reflect? Which ideology does this judge reflect? Thus, does this judge reflect the ideology, the letter and spirit of our constitution?
[00:06:08] Does this judge reflect that? Or is this judge reflecting an ideology of a particular cultural organization called RSS? This is the question. You see, another judge, another judge, her name is Victoria Gowri. And Gowri Victoria says that like Islam is green terror, Christianity is white terror. Gowri Victoria judge. She says Islam is green terror, Christianity is white terror.
[00:06:37] She said it in a video which was titled More Threat to National Security and Peace. Jihad or Christian Missionary? That was the title of the video. Judge. Constitutional position. Now if Rahul Gandhi says that Bavare, your constitutional position may a lot of people who are sitting in the constitutional position, every single institution of our country now
[00:07:03] has been captured by a thought process of a cultural organization called the RSS. Is he completely wrong? Is he completely wrong? Though generalizing it, I think, yeah, I mean generalizing it would still be incorrect because I know of a lot of constitutional people sitting in a lot of constitutional position who are absolutely secular. So that is generalizing it would be definitely not the way to go about it. But is he completely wrong?
[00:07:32] You see, there is another story that I would like to bring to your notice. This story was reported on the April of 2024. Okay, this was the story was from the News Minute. And News Minute says that it has been found at 62.5% of signing school agreement signed so far favored the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rastra Swamyam Saivak Sangh and its close associates.
[00:08:00] During the budget announced that they will establish 100 signing schools to provide CBSE plus type education and prepare children for entry into National Defense Academy. Now, let me also tell you the defense minister said that the signing school contributes more than 7000 officers to the armed forces. Over 11% of signing school cadets joined the armed forces in the last six years.
[00:08:29] 7000 officers in our armed force. 62.5% of the contracts that are signed, the people who are associated with signing school, 62% of different outside party contracts signed by the signing school either directly or indirectly related to RSS or Bharatiya Janata Party. Now, are you trying to tell me these 62% of people who are directly or indirectly associated
[00:08:54] with Bharatiya Janata Party or RSS are, is not going to influence the students institution which provides 7000 officers. 7000 officers to our armed force. Will there not be influence? So, when Rahul Gandhi says that Baba, constitutional institutions are influenced by the Bharatiya Janata party stroke RSS ideology, is he completely wrong?
[00:09:24] Now, before I get into my conclusion, let me also give you one more information, one more piece of information. A gentleman called Purushottam Gupta, who was a former central government employee, had filed a petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, asking a lift on the ban on RSS, which means government employees actively participating in RSS, Rashtra Swayam Sevaksang and their activities. There was a ban on it.
[00:09:54] So, this gentleman, Purushottam Gupta, filed a petition against that and the Madhya Pradesh High Court went on to say that it took almost 5 decades for the central government to realize its mistake, to acknowledge that an internationally renowned organization like RSS was wrongly placed amongst the banned organization of the country and that its removal from therefrom is quintessential. Aspirations of many central government employees of serving the country
[00:10:22] in many ways therefore got diminished in these 5 decades because of the ban. This was what the High Court said. This was what the High Court said in this judgment and the High Court also asked, the Madhya Pradesh High Court also asked the Home Ministry to ensure that the ban order from RSS, that is from central government serving the RSS, that ban order should be displayed prominently in their website, the Home Ministry's website.
[00:10:51] It should be displayed prominently. This is what the Madhya Pradesh High Court said. So, somewhere down the line, the courts favored that the ban on RSS or people working for RSS or central government employees working, serving the RSS, RSS with an ideology, RSS with a Hindu ideology, working, serving for that particular organization, that ban should be lifted. This is something that the High Court said and of course, the Ministry of Home Affairs had to display that
[00:11:21] on their website. This is where things stand. So, I ask you again, when Rahul Gandhi says that constitutional institutions are also influenced by the RSS and thus the BJP, when he says that, is he completely wrong? Now, let me tell you the flip side of the story. The flip side of the story is that, you see,
[00:11:50] it is not that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the RSS are the only two people who were influencing the constitutional stroke, the governmental body. Congress, when they were in power, they too had tremendously influenced, tremendously influenced the constitutional bodies, the same government bodies, the same education system, they too had influenced.
[00:12:20] The only difference that I see here is RSS Hindu agenda, RSS Hindu agenda may directly be seen affecting the society, the social fabric of this country. It may directly affect the social fabric of this country. That's the point I wanted to make today. Till I see you next time, that's tomorrow at 10. Namaskar.