Most newspapers, which includes this daily with its report, “SC chides Rahul for denouncing entire RSS” (July 20), have created an impression that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has hurt the feelings of not only leaders in the RSS but also the judges dealing with the case about his “collective denunciation” of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as being behind the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. At a poll rally in 2014, Mr. Gandhi had said that “Gandhiji was shot dead by RSS people”.
No one appears to have thought about the mental agony the Gandhis faced following the brutal killings of Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. How could any one have missed the fact that some right-wing leaders had proposed constructing a memorial for the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi? There are media reports on this.
Perhaps Mr. Gandhi can tell the judges that if all the top RSS leaders tell the court that they condemn the killing of Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and do not support their killers, he would have no hesitation in apologising for his remark.
A. Narayanan,Chennai
