Vrindavan, Sep 3
The RSS has commended the Narendra Modi government for the "tough handling" of the Doklam standoff issue with China in the Sikkim Sector, RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya said on Sunday.
He said the issue of external security was discussed during the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's three-day coordination meet here.
"It is perhaps the first time that India took such a strong stand that China had to withdraw its forces (from Doklam)," he told media persons here.
Vaidya, however, dismissed reports that the RSS took stock of the government's work during its meeting. "This is not the platform to review government's performance."
The RSS leader said the organisation also expressed concern over the lack of jobs for the youth and said the National Democratic Alliance government should work to create more jobs in the country.
Vaidya said the RSS was of the view that there was need for society to come forward and contribute to employment generation.
He said priority should be given to small and medium enterprises, especially those in rural and agricultural domains.
"There is a large section of young population in our country. There is a need to create employment for them. Not only the government but society, too, should come forward and contribute," he said.
The RSS leader also said that the 2019 General Elections and Sunday's Cabinet reshuffle did not come up for discussion during the meeting. The issue of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh was also not discussed since the "matter is in the Supreme Court, which will soon take it up".
Vaidya said that with a changing global landscape, the meeting provided an opportunity to discuss India's role in the new world order and how it can play it better.
The RSS's annual coordination committee meeting with its affiliates began here on September 1.
India has emerged from the shocks of the demonetisation exercise and has realised that it will bs beneficial in the long-term, the RSS said on Sunday.
"There have been mixed reactions towards demonetisation. There were a lot of shocks in the beginning but the nation has emerged out of those shocks," senior RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya told the media.
"Now people have started to realise that it (demonetisation) would be beneficial for the country in the long-term. But it's too early to comment on it," he said.
Vaidya was responding to the question if demonetisation issue was discussed during the three-day coordination meeting of the RSS which concluded here on Sunday.
His remarks came days after the RBI announced that 99 per cent of the banned notes were returned to the banks thereby raising questions on the whole demonetisation exercise.
Lingering effects of demonetisation also pulled down India's economic growth rate in the first quarter of the current fiscal ended June to 5.7 per cent, as compared to 7.9 per cent in the same period a year ago.
