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'Saffronisation' imperative to rectify distorted Indian history: RSS chief
Kolkata, April 1
Condemning the calling of
Indian revolutionaries as terrorists, RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat on
Wednesday said "saffronisation" was imperative to rectify the country's
"distorted history".
"There are many with cunning mindsets who
are trying to mislead the society by distorting history. Is calling
Bhagat Singh a revolutionary instead of a terrorist, saffronisation? If
stating what is fact is saffronisation, then so be it," Bhagwat said.
Bhagwat
and veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi were in the city to
participate in an event to mark the birth anniversary of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder K.B. Hedgewar.
"This is necessary to preserve the respect for our revolutionaries that is being washed away by cunning mindsets.
"The
need is not only to bring back those who have been mislead by such
distortions, but also to fight those cunning minds who are serving these
distortions.
"Our children follow whatever is there in the text
books, but they figure out the distortions and realise the mistake only
at a late stage," said Bhagwat.
Speaking in the same vein, Joshi too called for "saffronisation" to enable India to be a world beater.
"Our
history is replete with stories of battles that we lost, how foreign
invaders defeated and plundered India. But there is hardly any mention
of the wars that we have won. When we call for rectifying this
distortions, we are accused of saffronising the history. If it so, so be
it," said Joshi.
"People are really excited when foreigners
marvel about India's traditions and age old practices, but when we do
that, we are accused of being saffron. Saffron is India's identity and
it is again required to wake India up from its stupor and be a
world-beater."