An open
letter to the 'Hindu Nationalist', Narendra Damodardas Modi Ji, Chief Minister
of Gujarat
Sir,
I
hope you are fine. While talking to two Reuters journalists, Ross Colvin and
Sruthi Gottipati, on July 12, 2013, you identified yourself as a ‘Hindu
Nationalist’ and credited the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for instilling
in you, spirit “(to be a) patriot. Whatever work you do, you think are you
doing this for the good of the nation? That's the basic training. The other
basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined.”1
The
news agency declared that it was a ‘rare interview’ of yours taken at your
official Gandhinagar residence. It shocked me immensely as you were not talking
as an ordinary Indian citizen but as the chief minister of Gujarat, a
constitutional position under the democratic-secular constitution of India. I
am taking the liberty of writing this letter to you in the hope that you, who
claim to be believer in transparency, will respond to the issues I raise.
As
a seasoned RSS pracharak or whole-timer you know about your roots better than
me. Still I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the term ‘Hindu
Nationalist’ originated in a specific historical context during India’s Freedom
Struggle against the British colonial masters. This Freedom Struggle was mainly
led by the Congress, which stood for an all-inclusive democratic-secular free
India. The ‘Muslim Nationalists’, under the banner of the Muslim League, and
the 'Hindu Nationalists', under the banners of the Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS,
opposed it, claiming that Hindus and Muslims were two different nations. These
Hindu and Muslim ‘Nationalists’ joined hands with the colonial masters in order
to thwart the Freedom Struggle so that they could have theocratic states of
their choice, ‘Hindusthan’ or Hindu Rashtra and Pakistan or Islamic state
respectively.
The
politics of the Muslim League and its role in dividing India are well known but
I need to refresh your memory about the nefarious role that ‘Hindu Nationalists’
played in India before and after Independence. I am relying exclusively on
documents of the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha in order to put across
reality.
‘Hindu Nationalists’ believe in the
two-nation theory like the Muslim League
Narendra
ji! I would like to draw your attention to the fact that both the originator of
Hindutva, V.D. Savarkar and RSS, had unequivocal faith in the two-nation
theory: that Hindus and Muslims are two different nations. While the Muslim
League under the leadership of Mohammed Ali Jinnah resolved to have a separate
homeland for Muslims of India in the form of Pakistan in 1940,
1 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/narendra-modi-defends-himself-on-2002-gujarat-riots-highlights-391361
Savarkar
propagated as early as 1937 that Hindus and Muslims were two different nations.
While delivering the presidential address to the 19th Hindu Mahasabha session
at Ahmedabad, ‘Veer’ Savarkar declared,
As it is, there are two antagonistic
nations living side by side in India, several infantile
politicians commit the serious
mistake in supposing that India is already welded into a
harmonious nation, or that it could
be welded thus for the mere wish to do so. These were
well meaning but unthinking friends
take their dreams for realities. That is why they are
impatient of communal tangles and
attribute them to communal organizations. But the solid
fact is that the so-called communal
questions are but a legacy handed down to us by
centuries of cultural, religious and
national antagonism between the Hindus and
Moslems...Let us bravely face
unpleasant facts as they are. India cannot be assumed today to
be a unitarian [sic] and
homogenous nation, but on the contrary there are two nations in the
main: the Hindus and the Moslems [sic],
in India.2
Sir!
The RSS, following in the foot-steps of ‘Veer’ Savarkar, always rejected the
idea that Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians together constituted a nation.
Its English organ, Organizer, on the very eve of Independence (August 14,
1947), editorially (titled ‘Whither’) underlined its belief in the two-nation
theory once again in the following words:
Let
us no longer allow ourselves to be influenced by false notions of nationhood.
Much of the mental confusion and the present and future troubles can be removed
by the ready recognition of the simple fact that in Hindusthan only the Hindus
form the nation and the national structure must be built on that safe and sound
foundation…the nation itself must be built up of Hindus, on Hindu traditions,
culture, ideas and aspirations.
Your
claim, 'My secularism is, India first' is problematic as you do not regard
yourself as an Indian nationalist but as a ‘Hindu nationalist.’ If you are a
Hindu nationalist then there will be, naturally, ‘Muslim nationalists’, ‘Sikh
nationalists’, ‘Christian nationalists’, and so on. Thus you set the ball
rolling for a divided India. This is surely a corollary of your organizational
faith in the two-nation theory.
2 V. D.
Savarkar cited in V. D. Savarkar, Samagra Savarkar Wangmaya: Hindu Rashtra
Darshan, vol. 6, Maharashtra
Prantik Hindusabha, Poona, 1963, p. 296.
Modi
Sir, as a senior and prominent whole-timer of the RSS you must know that on the
eve of Independence the above mentioned RSS organ used the following language
against the Tri-colour, the new National Flag of India:
The
people who have come to power by the kick of fate may give in our hands the
Tricolour but it never [sic] be respected and owned by Hindus. The word
three is in itself an evil, and a flag having three colours will certainly
produce a very bad psychological effect and is injurious to a country.3
Hindu nationalists ran coalition
governments with the Muslim League in 1942-43
1942
was a critical year in the history of India’s Freedom Struggle. In a
nation-wide call the British rulers were asked to ‘Quit India’. The rulers
responded by turning the country into a hell: armed squads killed common
Indians completely disregarding the rule of law, millions were arrested and
thousands suffered unparalleled repression. The Congress governments which were
ruling different Provinces of British India were dismissed. The only political
organizations allowed to work were the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League.
These two organizations united to serve the rulers and formed coalition
governments. It was corroborated by the mentor of RSS. ‘Veer’ Savarkar in his
presidential address to the 24th session of the Hindu Mahasabha at Kanpur in
1942 declared,
In
practical politics also the Mahasabha knows that we must advance through
reasonable compromises. Witness the fact that only recently in Sind, the
Sind-Hindu-Sabha on invitation had taken the responsibility of joining hands
with the League itself in running coalition Government. The case of Bengal is
well known. Wild Leaguers whom even the Congress with all its submissiveness
could not placate grew quite reasonably compromising and socialable as soon as
they came in contact with the HM and the Coalition Government, under the
premiership of Mr. Fazlul Huq and the able lead of our esteemed Mahasabha leader
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerji, functioned successfully for a year or so to the
benefit of both the communities.4
When
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was trying to liberate India, the Hindu
nationalists were helping to strengthen the British rule and its armed forces
Sir,
you must be familiar with the name of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, who tried to
liberate India militarily with the help of Germany and Japan. However, during
this period ‘Hindu Nationalists’,
3 Organizer,
August 14, 1947.
4 V.
D. Savarkar cited in V. D. Savarkar, Samagra Savarkar Wangmaya: Hindu Rashtra
Darshan, vol. 6, Maharashtra Prantik Hindusabha, Poona, 1963, pp. 479-80
instead
of helping him, were hand in glove with the British masters in defeating
Netaji’s liberation struggle (in which former succeeded). Hindu Mahasabha under
‘Veer’ Savarkar’s leadership organized recruitment camps for British armed
forces. The Hindutva camp’s surrender to the colonial masters was total, as we
see in the following utterances of ‘Veer’ Savarkar:
So
far as India’s defence is concerned, Hindudom must ally unhesitatingly, in a
spirit of responsive co-operation with the war effort of the Indian government
in so far as it is consistent with the Hindu interests, by joining the Army,
Navy and the Aerial forces in as large a number as possible and by securing an
entry into all ordnance, ammunition and war craft factories…Again it must be
noted that Japan’s entry into the war has exposed us directly and immediately to
the attack by Britain’s enemies. Consequently, whether we like it or not, we
shall have to defend our own hearth and home against the ravages of the war and
this can only be done by intensifying the government’s war effort to defend
India. Hindu Mahasabhaites must, therefore, rouse Hindus especially in the
provinces of Bengal and Assam as effectively as possible to enter the military
forces of all arms without losing a single minute.5
What RSS instills in cadres?
Sir,
in your interview you claimed that RSS instills in cadres the spirit of
patriotism, working for the good of the nation and discipline. Since RSS stands
for Hindu Rashtra or nation, one can understand the fate of democratic-secular
India in the hands of RSS cadres. You should have shared what the most
prominent ideologue of the RSS, Golwalkar, expected from RSS members. While
addressing a gathering of top ranking RSS on March 16, 1954, at Sindi, Wardha,
he said:
If
we say that we are part of the organization and accept its discipline then selectiveness
has no place in life. Do what is told. If told to play kabaddi, play kabaddi;
told to hold meeting then meeting….For instance some of our friends were told
to go and work for politics that
does
not mean that they have great interest or inspiration for it. They don’t die
for politics like fish without water. If they are told to withdraw from
politics then also there is no objection. Their discretion is just not
required.6
This second statement of 'Guru'
Golwalkar is also significant.
We
know this also that some of our Swayamsevaks work in politics. There they have
to organize according to the needs of work public meetings, processions etc.,
have to raise
5 V.
D. Savarkar cited in V. D. Savarkar, Samagra Savarkar Wangmaya: Hindu Rashtra Darshan,
vol. 6, Maharashtra Prantik Hindusabha, Poona, 1963, p. 460. V. D. Savarkar
cited in V. D. Savarkar, Samagra Savarkar Wangmaya: Hindu Rashtra Darshan, vol.
6, Maharashtra Prantik Hindusabha, Poona, 1963, pp. 479-80.
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All these things have no place in our work. However, like the character in a
play whatever role has been assigned should be portrayed with best of
capability. But sometimes Swayamsevaks go beyond the role assigned to a performer
(nat) as they develop over-zealousness in their hearts, to the extent that they
become useless for this work. This is not good.7
Modi
Sir, we find here 'Guru' Golwalkar referring to the Swayamsevaks loaned to the
political satellite as ‘nat’, performers, who are meant to dance to the tune of
the RSS. It should be noted here that Golwalkar’s above design of controlling
the political arm was elaborated in March 1960, almost nine years after the
establishment of the Jana Sangh (the forerunner of the BJP) in 1951. What I
would like to know from you is whether you are serving the democratic-secular
polity of India or are a mere ‘nat’, a tool in the hands of the RSS for turning
India into a theocratic state. Fact is that RSS makes its cadres spineless.
Betrayal by RSS in India’s Freedom
Struggle
Sir,
your claim that the RSS taught you patriotism is suspect, given the history of
that organization as seen in its documents. I shall present some relevant
documents for your kind perusal.
The Non-cooperation Movement
and the Quit India Movement were two great milestones in the history of the
Indian Freedom Movement, and here is the great thesis of the great Golwalkar on
these two great happenings:
Definitely
there are bound to be bad results of struggle. The boys became unruly after the
1920-21 movement. It is not an attempt to throw mud at the leaders. But these
are inevitable products after the struggle. The matter is that we could not
properly control these results. After 1942, people often started thinking that
there was no need to think of the law.8
Thus
'Guru' Golwalkar wanted the Indians to respect the draconian and repressive
laws of the inhuman British rulers! After the 1942 Movement he further
admitted,
In
1942 also there was a strong sentiment in the hearts of many. At that time too
the routine work of Sangh continued. Sangh vowed not to do anything directly.
However, upheaval (uthal-puthal) in the minds of Sangh volunteers continued.
Sangh is an organization of
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inactive
persons, their talks are useless, not only outsiders but also many of our
volunteers did talk like this. They were greatly disgusted too.9
Sir,
we have been told that the RSS did nothing directly. However, there is
not a single publication or document of the RSS which throws light on what the
RSS did indirectly for the Quit India Movement. During this period, in
fact, its mentor, ‘Veer’ Savarkar, ran coalition governments with the Muslim League.
I must conclude that because the RSS did nothing, directly or indirectly, for
the Quit India Movement, and indeed acted against it, that titanic movement
was, for you and your forebears, the opposite of patriotic.
RSS denigrates martyrs of India’s Freedom
Struggle
Modi
Sir, I would like to know your views on the statements of 'Guruji' decrying and
denigrating martyrs like Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekar Azad, Ashfaqullah Khan.
Here is a passage from the chapter, ‘Martyr, Great But Not Ideal’ from Bunch
Of Thoughts, a veritable Geeta for RSS cadres such as yourself.
There
is no doubt that such men who embrace martyrdom are great heroes and their
philosophy too is pre-eminently manly. They are far above the average men who
meekly submit to fate and remain in fear and inaction. All the same, such
persons are not held up as ideals in our society. We have not looked upon their
martyrdom as the highest point of greatness to which men should aspire. For,
after all, they failed in achieving their ideal, and failure implies some fatal
flaw in them.10
Sir, can there be a statement more
insulting to the martyrs than this? The founder of the RSS, Dr.
Hedgewar, went one step further:
Patriotism
is not only going to prison. It is not correct to be carried away by such
superficial patriotism.11
Don’t
you feel, Sir, that if martyrs like Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev,
Ashfaqullah, Chandrashekhar Azad had come in contact with the then RSS
leadership, they could have been saved from giving their lives for ‘superficial
patriotism’? This also must be the reason why RSS leaders or cadres did not
face repression during British rule and the RSS did not produce any martyr
during the Freedom Movement. Finally, Sir, are we to regard as noble patriotism
the cringing letters that 'Veer' Savarkar wrote to the Angrez Sarkar?
9 SGSD, Volume
IV, p. 40.
10 MS
Golwalkar, Bunch of Thoughts, Sahitya Sindhu, Bangalore, 1996, p. 283.
11 CP
Bhishikar, Sanghavariksh Ke Beej: Dr. Keshavrao Hedgewar, Suruchi, 1994, p. 21.
Modi
ji, as Chief Minister of Gujarat and a prominent leader of the BJP, you are
supposed to function within the Democratic-Secular polity of India. What is
your take on the following decree ordained by 'Guru' Golwalkar while addressing
a group of 1,350 top level cadres of the RSS in 1940?
RSS
inspired by one flag, one leader and one ideology is lighting the flame of
Hindutva in each and every corner of this great land.12
I
would like to bring it to your notice that this decree of ‘one flag, one leader
and one ideology’ was also the battle cry of Fascist and Nazi parties of Europe
in the first half of 20th century. What they did to democracy is well-known to
this world.
Against federalism
The
RSS is also dead against the federal structure given in the Constitution, again
a basic feature of the Indian polity. This is clear from the following
communication of M.S. Golwalkar to the first session of the National
Integration Council in 1961:
Today’s
federal form of government not only gives birth but also nourishes the feelings
of separatism, in a way refuses to recognize the fact of one nation and
destroys it. It must be completely uprooted, constitution purified and unitary
form of government be established.13
‘Hindu Nationalists’ stand for
Casteism and anti-women Polity
Sir,
if you peep into the archives of the RSS and its brother organizations who want
the rule of Hindutva in India, it will be immediately clear that all of them
hated the Constitution of India, which was drafted under the guidance of Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar. When the Constituent Assembly of India had finalized the
Constitution of India the RSS was not happy. Its organ, Organizer, in an
editorial on November 30, 1949, complained:
But
in our constitution there is no mention of the unique constitutional
development in ancient Bharat. Manu’s Laws were written long before Lycurgus of
Sparta or Solon of Persia. To this day his laws as enunciated in the Manusmriti
excite the admiration of the world and elicit spontaneous obedience and
conformity. But to our constitutional pundits that means nothing.
12 Golwalkar,
M. S., Shri guruji Samagar Darshan (Collected works of Golwalkar in Hindi),
Vol. I (Nagpur: Bhartiya Vichar Sadhna, nd), p. 11.
13 MS
Golwalkar, Shri Guruji Samagar Darshan (collected works of Golwalkar in Hindi),
Bhartiya Vichar Sadhna, Nagpur, nd., volume iii, p. 128. Hereafter referred as
SGSD.
In
fact, RSS had been following the ideology laid down by ‘Veer’ Savarkar. It may
not be a secret to you, Sir, that ‘Veer’ Savarkar remained a great proponent of
Casteism and worshipper of Manusmriti throughout his life. According to this
apostle of Hindu Nationalism:
Manusmriti
is that scripture which is most worshipable [sic] after Vedas for our
Hindu Nation and which from ancient times has become the basis of our
culture-customs, thought and practice. This book for centuries has codified the
spiritual and divine march of our nation. Even today the rules which are
followed by crores of Hindus in their lives and practice are based on
Manusmriti. Today Manusmriti is Hindu Law.14
Sir,
as a great flag-bearer of Hindutva politics you must know what kind of society
‘Hindu Nationalists’ like you want to usher in. Since you are very busy, I am
reproducing from the Code of Manu his prescriptions for Dalits/Untouchables and
women. These dehumanizing and degenerate laws, which are presented here, are
self-explanatory.
Laws of Manu concerning
Dalits/Untouchables.
(1)
For the sake of the prosperity of
the worlds (the divine one) caused the Brahmana, the Kshatriya, the Vaisya, and
the Sudra to proceed from his mouth, his arm, his thighs and his feet.
(2)
One occupation only the lord
prescribed to the Sudras, to serve meekly even these (other) three castes.
(3)
Once-born man (a Sudra), who insults
a twice-born man with gross invective, shall have his tongue cut out; for he is
of low origin.
(4)
If he mentions the names and castes
(gati) of the (twice-born) with contumely, an iron nail, ten fingers long,
shall be thrust red-hot into his mouth.
(5)
If he arrogantly teaches Brahmanas
their duty, the king shall cause hot oil to be poured into his mouth and into
his ears.
(6)
With whatever limb a man of a low
caste does hurt to (a man of the three) highest (castes), even that limb shall
be cut off; that is the teaching of Manu.
(7)
He who raises his hand or a stick,
shall have his hand cut off; he who in anger kicks with his foot, shall have
his foot cut off.
14Savarkar, V.
D., ‘Women in Manusmriti’ in Savarkar Samagar, Vol. 4 [Collection of Savarkar’s
Writings in Hindi]
(New Delhi: Prabhat), 416.
(8)
A low-caste man who tries to place
himself on the same seat with a man of a high caste, shall be branded on his
hip and be banished, or (the king) shall cause his buttock to be gashed.
(9)
Let him never slay a Brahmana,
though he have committed all (possible) crimes; let him banish such an
(offender), leaving all his property (to him) and (his body) unhurt.
Laws of Manu concerning Women
1.
Day and night woman must be kept in dependence by the males
(of) their (families),
and, if they attach themselves to
sensual enjoyments, they must be kept under one’s control.
2.
Her father protects (her) in childhood,
her husband protects (her) in youth, and her sons protect (her) in old age; a
woman is never fit for independence.
3.
Women must particularly be guarded
against evil inclinations, however trifling (they may appear); for, if they are
not guarded, they will bring sorrow on two families.
4.
Considering that the highest duty of
all castes, even weak husbands (must) strive to guard their wives.
5.
No man can completely guard women by
force; but they can be guarded by the employment of the (following) expedients:
6.
Let the (husband) employ his (wife)
in the collection and expenditure of his wealth, in keeping (everything) clean,
in (the fulfillment of) religious duties, in the preparation of his food, and
in looking after the household utensils.
7.
Women, confined in the house under
trustworthy and obedient servants, are not (well) guarded; but those who of
their own accord keep guard over themselves, are well guarded.
8.
Women do not care for beauty, nor is
their attention fixed on age; (thinking), ‘(It is enough that) he is a man,’
they give themselves to the handsome and to the ugly.
9.
Through their passion for men,
through their mutable temper, through their natural heartlessness, they become
disloyal towards their husbands, however carefully they may be guarded in this
(world).
10.
(When creating them) Manu allotted
to women (a love of their) bed, (of their) seat and (of) ornament, impure
desires, wrath, dishonesty, malice, and bad conduct.
11.
For women no (sacramental) rite (is
performed) with sacred texts, thus the law is settled; women (who are)
destitute of strength and destitute of (the knowledge of) Vedic texts, (are as
impure as) falsehood (itself), that is a fixed rule.
I
would like to remind you that a copy of Manusmriti was burnt as a
protest in the presence of Dr.
B.R.
Ambedkar during historic Mahad agitation in December, 1927.
For RSS Casteism is synonymous with Hindu Nation
Sir,
as a loyal, disciplined and committed cadre of the RSS, you must be familiar
with the fact that Casteism is the essence of Hindu Nationalism. 'Guru'
Golwalkar went to the extent of declaring that Casteism was synonymous with the
Hindu Nation. According to him, the Hindu people are none else but,
The
Virat Purusha, the Almighty manifesting himself […] [according to purusha
sukta] sun and moon are his eyes, the stars and the skies are created from his
nabhi [navel] and Brahmin is the head, Kshatriya the hands, Vaishya the thighs
and Shudra the feet. This means that the people who have this fourfold arrangement,
i.e., the Hindu People, is [sic] our God. This supreme vision of Godhead
is the very core of our concept of ‘nation’ and has permeated our thinking and
given rise to various unique concepts of our cultural heritage.15
Sir,
please tell me whether you stand with the RSS and 'Guruji' or with the
Democratic-Secular Polity that has given you your power. This concerns common
Hindus and specially women.
I
am sorry that my letter is getting long. You will forgive me as I have no other
choice as your Reuter interview and other utterances and actions cover a very
large canvas. You will appreciate that I am not raising the issue of the 2002
Gujarat Carnage as many other individuals and organizations have been doing. I
strongly feel that I must raise those issues which generally are skipped: what
is your agenda for the Hindus of this country and for the existing
Democratic-Secular polity.
I
will end by raising two more issues, Sir.
‘Hindu Nationalists’ celebrate assassination of Gandhi
Nathuram
Godse and others who conspired to kill M.K. Gandhi, claimed to be ‘Hindu
Nationalists’. They described killing as something ordained by God. RSS
celebrated his killing by distributing sweets. Are they not revered by the
Hindutva camp? Aren’t you one of them? When you were in
15 Golwalkar, M. S., We or Our Nationhood Defined, (Nagpur:Bharat Publications, 1939), p.36.
Goa
in June 2013 for the BJP executive committee meeting, you sent a message to the
‘All India Hindu Convention for Establishment of Hindu Nation’ organised by the
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS). Your message read: “Even though every Hindu
conducts himself with love, compassion and intimacy with god, giving precedence
to non-violence, truth and “satvikta”, repelling demoniacal tendencies is in
our destiny. It is our tradition to remain alert and raise a voice against
persecution…Only by protecting our culture, can the flag of “dharma” and unity
be kept intact. Organisations inspired by nationalism, patriotism and devotion
for the Nation are true manifestations of people's power.”16
You
must have sent this intimate fraternal message to the HJS knowing them well.
Shockingly, from the same dais in this convention from where your felicitation
message was read, one of the prominent speakers, K.V. Sitaramiah, declared that
Gandhi was 'terrible, wicked and most sinful'. Rejoicing the killing of M.K.
Gandhi, he went on to declare, “As Bhagwan Shri Krishna said in the Gita,
Paritranaya Sadhunam Vinashaya Cha Dushkritam/ Dharamasansthapnaya Sambhavami
Yuge-Yuge (For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked
and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age) On…30th
January 1948 evening, Shriram came in the form of Nathuram Godse and ended the
life of Gandhi.”17
Let
me add that K.V. Sitaramaiah has also authored a book titled ‘Gandhi was Dharma
Drohi and Desa Drohi’ in which the back cover matter, quoting from the epic
Mahabharat, demands ‘Dharma Drohis must be killed’, ‘Not killing the deserved to
be killed is great sin’ and ‘where the members of Parliament seeing clearly
allow to kill Dharma & truth as untruth, those members will be called
dead’.
Sir,
please say if this is not an open call to annihilate those members of
Parliament who do not subscribe to author’s definition of Dharma.
Neo-Nazi mass murderer of Norway,
Breivik, glorified ‘Hindu Nationalists’ 18
Last
of all; kindly tell me how you respond to Norwegian mass killer Neo-Nazi,
Anders Behring Breivik, who hailed India's ‘Hindu Nationalist’ movement as a
key ally in a global struggle to bring down democratic regimes across the
world. Just before he went to massacre a large number of
16 http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=http%3A%2F%2Fen-maktoob.news.yahoo.com%2Fmodi-speaks-goa-hindu-convention-111920534.html&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35
18
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/norwegian-mass-killers-manifesto-hails-hindutva/article2293829.ece &
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/norwegian-killer-anders-breiviks-manifesto-supports-hindutva/170496-3.html
people
in Norway he released a 'manifesto' of 1,518 pages, of which 102 pages dealt
with the Hindutva movement of India. It declared support to 'Sanatana Dharma
movements and Indian nationalists in general.' This manifesto also laid down a
plan of co-operation between Neo-Nazi movements of Europe and ‘Hindu
Nationalist’ organizations of India. It said that it was essential that these
two 'learn from each other and cooperate as much as possible' as 'Our goals are
more or less identical.' This manifesto specially mentioned the names of
Hindutva organizations like RSS, BJP, ABVP & VHP in this regard.
Importantly, the manifesto pledged military support 'to the nationalists in the
Indian civil war and in the deportation of all Muslims from India' as part of a
larger campaign to 'overthrow of all western European multiculturalist
governments.' I am requesting your response on a matter which, in fact, should
have been raised by the Reuter journalists.
I shall be eagerly
looking forward to your response. I am sure that with the vast resources
available to you, nationally and internationally, it will not cause much
inconvenience to your Highness.
Thanking
you.
Yours,
Shamsul
Islam
Delhi,
17-07-2013
notoinjustice@gmail.com
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