Media deliberately twisted Bhagwat's comment on Hindutva
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat recently said that Hindutva is a way of life which was twisted by media channels to best of their abilities and concluded as he wanted to make India a Hindu country.
Very recently, the hypocrisy of this fourth pillar of democracy got exposed in Meerut rape case. The media was least interested in covering the news of forced conversion in Madrassa.The RSS ideologue P Parmeswaran's comment that Bhagavad Gita be declared a national book was also shown in bad light.
Irony is media channel never throws light on the context in which particular statements are given. The thought behind the proclamations are never told to viewers.
Statement
by
Mohan
Bhagwat
Now
see
what
exactly
has
been
said
by
RSS
chief.
He
said
that
when
inhabitants
of
Britain
proudly
call
themselves
British,
Germany
as
Germans
and
USA
as
Americans
then
why
people
of
Hindustan
are
not
known
as
Hindus.
"The
cultural
identity
of
all
Indians
is
Hindutva
and
the
present
inhabitants
of
the
country
are
descendants
of
this
great
culture,"
Bhagwat
said.
While
speaking
at
the
'Golden
Jubilee' function
in
Bhubaneswar,
RSS
chief
said
that
in
spite
of
having
plenty
of
diversities
within
the
country,
Hindutva
has
kept
India
united
since
ancient
days.
Media
gave
fodder
to
Opposition
Thanks
to
media,
Opposition
got
an
opportunity
to
take
on
RSS
chief
Mohan
Bhagwat.Through
RSS
chief,
secular
parties
even
targeted
BJP
also.
Congress leader Manish Tewari advised Bhagwat that he should read Constitution where it is mentioned clearly that India is Bharat and Hindustan is nowhere cited.
"He should make it clear if he believes in it. In our Constitution, the country is Bharat not Hindustan", CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury said.
BSP Chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said, "When Ambedkar ji (Bhimrao Ambedkar) wrote the Constitution he kept in mind that our country comprises various religions and people follow them.
So the name Bharat was given, the word Hindustan was not used. The RSS chief does not have proper knowledge of the Constitution. He should learn that and then comment".
Hinduism
is
culture
not
religion
If
we
dig
out
the
India's
ancient
history,
the
word
Hindu
was
never
meant
to
denote
religion.
The
term
‘Hinduism'
is
nowhere
mentioned
in
Vedas,
Puranas
and
other
Indian
religious
text.
In past, the Greeks, Persians and Arabs used this ‘Hindu' as geographic and cultural term. The inhabitants along the Sindhu River were called ‘Hindu' by Greeks and Persian explorers.
The reformist Savarkar first used this term Hindutva. According to him, "Hindus" are those who consider India to be their motherland, fatherland as well as their holy land, hence describing it purely in cultural terms.
Even RSS, biggest proponents of Hinduism writes, "The term Hindu in the conviction as well as in the constitution of the RSS is a cultural and civilizational concept and not a political or religious dogma. The term as a cultural concept will include and did always include all including Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains. The cultural nationality of India, in the conviction of the RSS, is Hindu and it was inclusive of all who are born and who have adopted Bharat as their Motherland, including Muslims, Christians and Parsis".
Former President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan writes, "Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that cannot be defined, but is only to be experienced".
Bhagwat
has
reiterated
SC's
statement
Even
Supreme
Court
in
its
judgement
had
said
that
the
Hinduism
is
a
way
of
life.
"Hindutva is understood as a way of life or a state of mind and is not to be equated with or understood as religious Hindu fundamentalism... it is a fallacy and an error of law to proceed on the assumption... that the use of words Hindutva or Hinduism per se depicts an attitude hostile to all persons practising any religion other than the Hindu religion... It may well be that these words are used in a speech to promote secularism or to emphasise the way of life of the Indian people and the Indian culture or ethos", a 1995 Supreme Court judgement said.
Hindus
and
Muslims
are
two
arms
of
the
country
Reading
above
fact
it
is
proven
now
that
Hinduism
is
not
religion
but
a
cultural
identity
of
India.
Bhagwat
has
used
this
term
in
that
sense
only.
But
as
usual,
Secular
parties
waste
no
time
in
exploiting
this
term
to
malign
RSS
and
BJP.
Whenever
this
topic
is
mentioned
they
use
it
to
best
of
their
effort
in
dividing
Hindus
and
Muslims.
But Prime Minister Narendra Modi always emphasized that the Hindus and Muslims are two arms of the country. Both are equally important to grow as a nation. The truth of the matter is it's media which is creating this fallacy among people.