RSS criticises Church over its anti-Sangh 'campaign'

The RSS on Sunday lashed out at the Christian organisations for holding Sangh Parivar responsible for the recent incidents of violence against the minority communities.

Prajna Parvah, the intellectual wing of the RSS, has written an open letter to all MPs to counter what has been described as anti-Parivar propaganda unleashed by the Christian organisations.

The letter said the Christian organisations should verify the facts before indulging in the anti-Sangh Parivar propaganda. It said that they were making an "issue out of non-existing events."

Reiterating that Christian missionaries were indulging in mass conversions, the letter quotes extensively from church publications to drive home their point.

The letter comes in the wake of concern expressed by some Christian MPs over the recent attacks on minorities and distribution of "hate literature" by Hindu bodies.

"The church leaders should realise that this cannot go on. They should also look into the Church propaganda and literature, which is often derogatory to non-Christians to the point of being offensive," says the letter which is written by Rajendra Chadha, joint coordinator of the RSS wing.

"The church and its leaders have been using all means, fair and foul, to sell their gospel and falsehood about India and Hindus.... They are in habit of making an issue out of a non-existent event," it says.

Taking up the recent incident in Rewari district of Haryana where two nuns were hit by a scooter, the RSS letter says that the issue was blown out of proportions by the Church which alleged that it was a planned attack by Hindu militants.

The letter also mentions the Nagala Ajita incident near Arga where the local community had protested against presence of some Christians in a temple. The letter says, "the fact is that the locals, mainly from Scheduled Caste community, opposed some Christians who entered the village temple wearing shoes. But the even was portrayed as an attack on Christianity."

The letter refers to "Church publications" to substantiate its charge of "mass conversions" being carried out by Christian missionaries.
 

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