Author: Pramod Kumar
Publication: Organiser
Date: January 18, 2009
URL: http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=273&page=39
"The success of Sangh work is measured
on its impact on national life"
Impressive gathering of young IT and Management
professionals.
"Hindutva is the remedy to all ills.
If all the people who know and understand Hindutva get united, all the problems
of the country will be resolved in a very short span. The RSS has been working
to unite all such people for the last 83 years. The man making is not an easy
task and it has to be done continuously. That is why the RSS does only this
work," said RSS Sarkaryavah Shri Mohan Bhagwat. He was speaking at a
function organised by Sampark Vibhag of Delhi Prant at Sri Satya Sai Auditorium
in New Delhi on January 3.
More than 500 eminent persons of Delhi including
retired army, police and administrative officers, former governors and ambassadors,
social and political leaders, industrialists, writers, journalists, doctors
and religious leaders were present at the function. The Sampark Vibhag basically
organised the function to apprise the eminent people, who are regarded as
the policymakers, of the views of the RSS on various issues. Sahsarkaryavahs
Shri Suresh Soni and Shri Madan Das, RSS Kshetra Sanghachalak Dr Bajranglal
Gupt and Delhi Prant Sanghachalak Shri Ramesh Prakash Sharma were also present
on the occasion.
The prominent personalities who attended the
function included former Air Chief Marshal AY Tipnis, former CBI Director
Joginder Singh, former Air Marshal RC Vajpayee, Brigadiers (retd.) Ashok Sondhi
and DC Pant, General (retd.) JFR Jacob, General NS Malik, Shri RK Ohri (former
IPS) and retired administrative officials Dr Nepal Singh, Shri Ajay Bansal,
Shri Vijay Kumar Gupta, former governors Shri TN Chaturvedi, Shri AR Kohli,
Shri Vijay Kapoor, Shri Kidar Nath Sahani, Shri Madan Lal Khurana, noted writer
Shri Mahip Singh, Shri Shiv Khera, editor of Nai Dunia Shri Alok Mehta, Shri
Dina Nath Mishra, Dr Subramanian Swamy and Dr BK Rao of Gangaram Hospital.
Shri Deepak Rathi, Shri Munshiram Sethi, Shri Subhash Agarwal, Shri MM Mittal,
Shri SK Bansal, Shri Atul Goel and Shri Ajit Sood were among the eminent industrialists.
Swami Raghwananda, Valmiki Sant Baba Prakash Shah and Mahant Naval Kishor
Das were among the prominent religious leaders. Delhi BJP chief Dr Harsh Vardhan,
senior advocate of Supreme Court Shri Ramphal Bansal, astrologer Shri Anit
Vatsa, Shri RN Sharma and cricketers Shri Vikram Bhatnagar and Shri Ashok
Malhotra were also present.
The topic of the discussion was "RSS:
Achievements and Expectations". Elaborating on the issue Shri Bhagwat
said: "The RSS does nothing but the swayamsevak leaves nothing. The swayamsevaks
developed from our man-making process are today working in various fields.
There is hardly any sector where the swayamsevaks are not working. They have
left an everlasting impression in their respective fields by their work. By
and large the name of RSS has reached in every household of the country through
various activities of the swayamsevaks. It is the achievement of swayamsevaks
and not the RSS. Whatever work we see today through the organisations of so-called
Sangh Parivar, is done by the swayamsevaks and not by the Sangh. Those activities
were originally started by the individual swayamsevaks and at the later stage
when it was realised that a positive change can be brought about in the society
through this way also that activity was supported by the Sangh." He pointed
out the work of Kreeda Bharati, which was started by some swayamsevaks in
Maharashtra about 15 years ago to promote healthy habits among the sportspersons
and it has now been supported by the RSS. It has today developed a network
across the country.
Shri Bhagwat said since the beginning, the
RSS has been working with minimum resources. Despite that whatever it has
achieved in the last 83 years is remarkable. "We have reached in 40,000
villages. About 40 lakh people of more than 100 crore population of the country
have sympathy with the RSS. We know that it is not even one per cent of the
total population but the positive atmosphere developed across the country
is everywhere to be witnessed by one and all. There was a time when people
avoided even listening to the RSS. But the picture has changed today. We are
not only heard but also given a serious thought. The Chief Minister of Assam
Tarun Gogoi always opposed what the RSS said. But today he has taken the same
line on terrorism and Bangladeshi infiltration which the RSS has been saying
for decades. The people, entrusted with power may have some misconceptions
but we have successfully developed a positive atmosphere all over the country,"
he added.
Later, answering a query of Baba Prakash Shah
Shri Bhagwat said the Sangh has directed all the activists to ensure the picture
of Lord Valmiki in all the temples and they will also ensure that no person
dare insult the great saint. He said the RSS is fully aware of the fact that
all people cannot come to the shakha but the Sangh at least expects the cooperation
and support of the eminent people to bring the desired change. He said the
country would see a positive change in the coming 30 years. He appealed to
the audience to help in the work of nation building wherever they work.
Later, addressing a huge gathering of IT and
Management professionals on January 4 at Mawlankar Auditorium, Shri Bhagwat
appealed to the youths to keep the Indian values and culture alive in their
families and not to follow the west blindly in the institutions where they
work. He said if the youth of the country contribute fully in the task of
nation building they could see India becoming super power in their birth itself.
"The RSS does not wish to spread its work only for the sake of increasing
the number and strength and also to earn publicity. Whatever strength we have
achieved in the form of one-lakh service projects, 40 lakh swayamsevaks, etc.
is not less. We believe that the Sangh work is the work of the country and
the desired results would not come until the whole society engages itself
in this task. That is why we are trying to bring all sections of the society
with us. The role of the youth is very crucial in this task," he added.
He further said nothing would be achieved
if India tries to follow China or America. "We have to keep our own identity
intact and have to move farward on our own strength. We must leave the mentality
of slavery and make progress on our own. Those who believe that there is no
concept of management in India are wrong. We have a very rich tradition of
management," he said appealing to the youth to bring forth the Indian
thinking in all sectors where they are working and also study the unique management
techniques of RSS.
In the evening, a ghosh competition was organised
at Mahashaya Chunni Lal Saraswati Bal Mandir. The competition had three categories
of the ghoshvadaks. A total of 460 swayamsevaks participated in the competition.
The winning teams of all the three categories later displayed the ghosh before
Shri Bhagwat.