‘Bangladesh Muslims not welcome in Bharat’
SHILLONG: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s V. Bhagaiah said on Thursday though all religions need to be respected in India that upholds the philosophy of unity in diversity, Bangladeshi Muslims remain “foreigners” in Bharat.
Addressing the gathering at an interactive session in the city on Thursday, Bhagaiah said all Muslims and Christians in this country “are our own nationals”. “They are not foreigners and they are our own blood relations,” he added.
The Sangh organised the interactive session ‘Know RSS’ in Shillong aiming to eliminate misconceptions about the group and Bhagaiah, through his visions of religious unity, tried to present the secular side of the right-wing organisation. “God is one and there is no separate God for Hindus, Christians and Muslims,” the RSS leader said as he stressed on the need to respect all religions.
RSS, which started with the concept of “national feeling” and “motherland”, is not against any religion, said Bhagaiah as he pointed out that the problem started when people thought all religions, other than theirs, are false.
“We believe that every tribe should be respected and protected and by doing this, the country will flourish,” he added.
As Bhagaiah cleared the air over religious bigotry he upheld the nationalist outlook by saying Bangladeshi people coming into this country “is not acceptable as it creates a demographic imbalance”. “A Bangladeshi Muslim in this country is a foreigner; a Bangladeshi Hindu coming to Bharat is a national of this country because for Hindus throughout the world, there is no other country except Bharat. Even Myanmar Muslims are not allowed in Bangladesh.”
Informing that over 1.50 lakh small projects are being taken up by the RSS without the government’s help and support, he said, “We have over 10,000 students and 3,000 are here in the seven states of the North East, the rest are in Kerala. The finance comes not from the RSS but from the society.”