Interview: Hindu organisations don't murder rationalists
New Delhi, Sept 22: The police are on the look out for one Rudra Patil who is believed to be the mastermind in the killings of rationalists, Govind Pansare, Narendra Dabholkar and Professor M M Kalburgi. Patil according to the police is a member of the Sanathan Sanstha.
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The Sanathan Sansthan is a Hindu organization and while some term it as violent, the organization denies the allegations.
Abhay Vartak, the spokesperson of the organization says that Rudra Patil is a member (sadak) of the Sanathan, but also adds that he has nothing to do with the murder of the rationalists. In this interview with OneIndia, Vartak says there is a conspiracy against them and also adds that no Hindu organization would commit such murders.
The name of the Sanathan Sanstha has cropped up again in the murder of the rationalists. What do you have to say about it?
Yes our name has cropped up once again. What can I say? This has been happening time and again and I have always maintained that it is a conspiracy against us.
There has been a sustained campaign to defame us, but it has always failed. I am confident that the campaign to defame us would fail yet again.
Why is there is so much attention being given to Sanathan Sanstha?
As I have said that there is a conspiracy against us. We are a Hindu organization and many in the Congress and the NCP which term themselves as secular cannot digest that fact. It is the Congress and the NCP which has always made sustained efforts to try and shut us down.
Why
do
you
think
this
is
the
case?
Why
is
the
Sanathan
always
the
target?
I
feel
that
there
are
issues
that
we
have
raised
relating
to
Hindus.
Some
secular
forces
do
not
want
to
deal
with
it.
Hence
they
run
a
campaign
against
us.
They
have
not
been
successful
in
the
past
and
will
not
succeed
in
future
as
well.
One of your members has been arrested in connection with the murder of Govind Pansare. What do you have to say about this?
Yes one of our followers, not member has been arrested. The investigations are still on and let us see what comes out of it. According to me these are all tactics to defame us and ban us.
There is a procedure for everything but the government does not want to follow that. They instead want to carry out arrests, blame us and try banning our organization.
What
about
the
Goa
blasts
case?
Your
members
were
arrested?
Yes
they
were
arrested.
But
nothing
concrete
has
emerged
out
of
it.
They
are
innocent.
Rudra Patil a member of your organization is termed as a main suspect in the murders of the three rationalists. Is he a member of the Sanathan?
Yes he is a member of the Sanathan. In fact he is a Sadak of the organization. We have never denied that Patil is not our member. However I feel that he is innocent.
If
he
is
innocent
then
why
is
he
on
the
run?
The
reason
he
is
absconding
is
because
he
feels
that
the
police
will
frame
him.
He
is
fully
aware
that
the
police
will
frame
him
if
he
comes
before
them.
That
is
the
only
reason
why
he
is
absconding.
What
are
your
views
on
the
murders
of
Pansare,
Kalburgi
and
Dabholkar?
Let
the
investigations
take
place.
I
would
however
like
to
add
here
that
no
Hindu
organization
will
comment
such
an
offence
and
I
can
vouch
for
that.
It
all
looks
like
one
big
conspiracy
to
frame
Hindus.
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