Insisting that there should be no compromise on India’s claim on the whole of Kashmir, including Pakistan-occupied areas of Mirpur, Muzzafarabad, Gilgit and Baltistan, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday called for the country’s resolutions to be reflected in its actions. Addressing RSS workers at the Reshimbag ground here, he said Pakistan was responsible for the disturbances in the Kashmir Valley.
However, to rein in internal and external forces of disruption that were active in the disturbed areas, it was necessary for the Central and State governments as well as the administration to work in tandem, adopting a common policy, with a definitive attitude, he said. “A very good administration is needed to create confidence among the people,” he told the RSS workers.
“Our Parliament has passed two resolutions and statements have been made that Kashmir is an integral part of India. There should not be any compromise whatsoever on the principle that the whole of Kashmir, is an inseparable and integral part of India,” Mr. Bhagwat said. While pointing out that the situation in large areas of the Valley, and in Jammu and Ladakh was well under control, he said “there is an urgent need to promote, consolidate and establish nationalistic activities and forces in these areas.” “There is an urgent need to rehabilitate with honour and security and ensuring the all-round welfare, of our Hindu brethren, who had migrated from those areas, and the Pandits, who were forced out of the Kashmir Valley. Only if the Jammu & Kashmir government and administration act with a nationalistic feeling and perform in a clean, considerate, impartial and transparent way, will the people of the State have a simultaneous feeling of victory and confidence, and the process of assimilation of the people of the Valley will move forward,” he added. Mr. Bhagwat commended the government on the cross-LoC surgical strikes, which he called a befitting reply for the Uri attack.
''Gau rakshaks' are good'
Mr. Bhagwat described “gau rakshaks” (cow vigilantes) as good people, and urged the government to distinguish between them and anti-social elements.
Addressing RSS workers, he said: “There are laws in our country for cow protection. The present ruling dispensation did not formulate those laws. They were formulated earlier. In many of our States, cow-slaughter and cruelty to animals are prohibited by law. But sometimes in some places in these States, the “gau rakshakas” have to do active campaigns to ensure proper implementation of such laws. They try to be within the limits of the law but when some incidents happen, the administration should not compare the “gau rakshakas” with some anti-social elements. Both should be looked at differently. But there are elements who want to create trouble over these issues and the administration and government should not get influenced by that. The law-abiding people should be looked at differently from those who try to break it,” the RSS chief said.
Mr. Bhagwat also had high praise for the Modi government.
“It is clearly visible that the current ruling dispensation in our country is interested in working hard. They are not among those who remain indifferent and apathetic. Many schemes are going on. The expectations from this government are very high and many things are yet to be done but the way they have begun, they have given a confidence that they will do something concrete. The society is hopeful of positive changes and the country is moving ahead slowly,” he said.
Touching on inequalities over caste, and conflicts based on language and regions, he said, “It is shameful for Indians if some of their own people are being disrespected because of inequalities. Such things should never happen; but ours being a big country some small incidents happen and some selfish forces try to exploit that.”
