Reiterating his stance on the new political polarisation being engineered under the national leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), NSS general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair went one step ahead telling the leaders of the new initiative that it was not proper to make participation in such effort a bargaining point to implement the S.R. Sinhu commission report.
In a statement issued at the NSS headquarters at Perunna, Mr. Nair said the NSS cannot be part of any effort to cobble up a political party or be part of a political outfit or of the Hindu unity efforts after sacrificing its basic values.
Without naming the SNDP leadership, he further questioned the sincerity of those who call for Hindu unity even after denying the 18 per cent reservation in the Devaswom appointments even though it would not have made any difference to the reservation enjoyed by the reserved communities.
Mr Nair said the NSS had earlier formed the National Democratic Party (NDP) with the intend of engaging in active politics and had even participated in the administration.
However, it had proved a total failure. However, the policy of equidistance now being followed had been effective in resolving most of the problems faced by the community in the social realm.
However, the key issue, that of reservation, still remained unresolved and in this regard, the ball was in the court of the central government, he pointed out. The report of the S.R. Sinhu Commission was submitted to the Central government in 2010 and the NSS had already submitted a memorandum to get its recommendations implemented. “While the government has acknowledged receipt of our letter, nothing has happened in this regard,” the statement said.
Mr. Nair said the NSS had always been in the forefront to safeguard the interests of the Hindu community and would continue to play that role. But it would not be part of the present initiatives by sacrificing its basic tenets.
