Moradabad,

15 Jan (HS): The Congress will not decide with whom the volunteers of the

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will communicate. Dr. Pawan Kumar Jain, the

departmental publicity chief of the Moradabad division of the RSS, said this

while talking to journalists on Thursday. Dr. Pawan Kumar Jain further said

that the noise raised by Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera over the meeting of

RSS workers with people associated with the Communist Party of China actually

highlights the fear of history more than dialogue. Questioning whom the RSS met

and whom it did not meet is an extension of the same mentality of the Congress

in which it has been considering itself the sole contractor of patriotism.

First of all, it should be clear that the decision with whom the RSS workers

will communicate will not be taken by Pawan Khera or the Congress party.

Head

of Publicity Department said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is a legal,

transparent, and socio-cultural nationalist organization engaged in social

service, cultural awareness, and ideological dialogue in more than 60 countries

around the world, including India. Dialogue is not an acceptance of any

ideology, but a proof of self-confidence. If the Congress party objects to any

contact with China, it should first look at its own history. In 1961, just

before the India-China war, the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, in

reference to Aksai Chin, said in Parliament, Not even a blade of grass

grows there. This statement reflects a mindset that viewed national

territory in isolation from its strategic importance.

Dr.

Jain explained that history bears witness that during the Congress regime;

India lost approximately 38,000 square kilometers of land. The party that lost

the country's land has no moral right to question nationalism today. Regarding

understanding the RSS's workings, Pawan Khera must understand that the RSS

cannot be understood through a telescope. To understand it, one must go to an

RSS branch and see it firsthand, not through TV studios or rhetoric. This is

where nation-building is done in the open, with an open mind. Dialogue is not

treason. However, concealing historical mistakes and feigning nationalism is

certainly an injustice to the nation.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi