Hate speech must be condemned and punished, U'khand Dharam Sansad no exception, says RSS leader
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Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar condemned the alleged hate speech against the Muslim minority community at a recent 'Dharam Sansad' in Haridwar. He said all those who make provocative remarks should be punished as per law.
Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar has condemned the alleged hate speeches against minorities at a recent Dharma Sansad in Haridwar and said all those who make provocative and divisive remarks should be punished as per law without any exception.
In an interview with PTI, he termed the “politics of hate” as “corruption” and called all political parties and their leaders to refrain from indulging in hate-mongering and pitting one section of the society against the other.
Instead of making provocative and divisive remarks against any community, caste or group, they should practice “politics of brotherhood and development” in the best interest of the country and its people, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) national executive member said.
“Any kind of hate speech is condemnable. All hate speeches must be condemned and punished as per law. Nobody should be treated as an exception,” he said when asked for his view on the alleged hate speeches delivered at a Dharma Sansad in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar and a similar event in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur recently.
Kumar said there are multiple examples of “cruel” hate speeches and insisted that it is the need of the hour to take legal action against all such divisive acts as they vitiate the atmosphere of the country.
He slammed the Congress and other opposition parties for blaming the RSS and its ideology for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, saying that they were levelling baseless allegations “even as they do not have any proof” to substantiate their charge.
“For more than 60 years, we have been hearing that the RSS and its ideology were behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi.A ban was also imposed on the Sangh. But the Congress and other parties could not prove it (the allegation) even after they remained in power for so many years,” he said.
