RSS: No need for secularism in India; colour of flag should be turned saffron as tricolour injects c

[The_Showstopper]

RSS: No need for secularism in India; colour of flag should be turned saffron as tricolour injects communalism

New Delhi, Sept 20: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh reiterated its stand that ‘secularism’ is deliberately imposed in Indian polity. Calling it a ‘foreign concept’, the right-wing body opined that those masquerading behind secularism are instead injecting communalism in the Indian society.

RSS conducted a seminar of columnists in Chennai on Saturday, which was attended by 80 renowned writers in the southern belt. At the event, RSS’s All India Prachar Pramukh Manmohan Vaidya said, “The perversion of the concept of secularism in India has resulted in the terming of nationalists as communal and people with communal thinking being hailed as secular.” (ALSO READ: Rajasthan: IPS officer allegedly targeted by BJP govt for acting against Bajrang Dal, VHP rioters)

Vaidya claimed that B R Ambedkar, the chairman of constitution drafting committee was against inclusion of the term secular in the preamble, since he believed India was inherently a secular nation.

he Bharatiya tradition has from time immemorial regarded all faiths and sects as one and that the artificial injection of secularism is not needed in a society as hospitable and assimilative as Hindu society,” Vaidya added.

Further validating his point, Vaidya said: “secularism evolved along the themes of separation of the Church and State in Europe and since India doesn’t have a history of theocratic states, the concept of secularism is irrelevant in the Indian context.”

Triggering off another controversy, the senior RSS functionary raised objections over the tricolour of the Indian flag. According to Vaidya, the usage of different colours to represent different religions in India, was bound to evoke a communal thought. He claimed that the Congress Working Committee in 1931, demanded a saffron flag with the blue chakra at the centre of it. “That would have been the best representation of Indian ethos,” he added.


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[The_Showstopper]

For those who might want to question the source...

RSS: Secularism irrelevant in India | The Indian Express

 

[Thorough Pro]

good going india, you are on the right track to progress

RSS: No need for secularism in India; colour of flag should be turned saffron as tricolour injects communalism

New Delhi, Sept 20: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh reiterated its stand that ‘secularism’ is deliberately imposed in Indian polity. Calling it a ‘foreign concept’, the right-wing body opined that those masquerading behind secularism are instead injecting communalism in the Indian society.

RSS conducted a seminar of columnists in Chennai on Saturday, which was attended by 80 renowned writers in the southern belt. At the event, RSS’s All India Prachar Pramukh Manmohan Vaidya said, “The perversion of the concept of secularism in India has resulted in the terming of nationalists as communal and people with communal thinking being hailed as secular.” (ALSO READ: Rajasthan: IPS officer allegedly targeted by BJP govt for acting against Bajrang Dal, VHP rioters)

Vaidya claimed that B R Ambedkar, the chairman of constitution drafting committee was against inclusion of the term secular in the preamble, since he believed India was inherently a secular nation.

he Bharatiya tradition has from time immemorial regarded all faiths and sects as one and that the artificial injection of secularism is not needed in a society as hospitable and assimilative as Hindu society,” Vaidya added.

Further validating his point, Vaidya said: “secularism evolved along the themes of separation of the Church and State in Europe and since India doesn’t have a history of theocratic states, the concept of secularism is irrelevant in the Indian context.”

Triggering off another controversy, the senior RSS functionary raised objections over the tricolour of the Indian flag. According to Vaidya, the usage of different colours to represent different religions in India, was bound to evoke a communal thought. He claimed that the Congress Working Committee in 1931, demanded a saffron flag with the blue chakra at the centre of it. “That would have been the best representation of Indian ethos,” he added.


RSS: No need for secularism in India; colour of flag should be turned saffron as tricolour injects communalism | Latest News & Gossip on Popular Trends at India.com

 

[Silverblaze]

Communalism is sweeping india and most prominently against the muslims. Anyone who denies it, will see its effects in the near future.

 

[gau8av]

we do follow a pretty warped version of "secularism" here, it should be discarded.

we need a proper uniform civil code and real secularism to stop pandering to people because of their religion, minority or majority.

 

[unbiasedopinion]

Secularism is equal law for all rather than appeasing one or creating divides. I am in for making uniform civil law, but there is no need to change the color of our flag because one organization does not like it.
RSS should limit its imagination.

 

[indianBong]

Well its his opinion... freedom of speech is evryones right....and well 95% indian(including me) dosen't support his opinion on tricolor....
But uniform civil code should be implemented... thats for sure..

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

What do the 3 colors on India's flag stand for?

Saffron = Hindu
Green = Islam
White = Atheists?

 

[HariPrasad]

Communalism is sweeping india and most prominently against the muslims. Anyone who denies it, will see its effects in the near future.

Yes,

it is very unfortunate that we are unable to learn anything from our western neighbor which is an icon of secularism.

 

[karan.1970]

What do the 3 colors on India's flag stand for?

Saffron = Hindu
Green = Islam
White = Atheists?

The philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who later became India's first Vice President and second President, clarified the adopted flag and described its significance as follows:

“ Bhagwa or the saffron colour denotes renunciation or disinterestedness. Our leaders must be indifferent to material gains and dedicate themselves to their work. The white in the centre is light, the path of truth to guide our conduct. The green shows our relation to (the) soil, our relation to the plant life here, on which all other life depends. The "Ashoka Chakra" in the centre of the white is the wheel of the law of dharma. Truth or satya, dharma or virtue ought to be the controlling principle of those who work under this flag. Again, the wheel denotes motion. There is death in stagnation. There is life in movement. India should no more resist change, it must move and go forward. The wheel represents the dynamism of a peaceful change

 

[Rocketman]

What do the 3 colors on India's flag stand for?

Saffron = Hindu
Green = Islam
White = Atheists?

Saffron = Valor
White = Peace
Green = Prosperity
Ashok Chakra = Principles of Governance of King Ashok ( correct name Dharmachakra).

And I do believe that wor secularism should be dropped from constitution as Hinduism itself means secularism. There is nowhere written to discriminate people on the base of religion and caste. Caste based discrimination is due to wrong interpretation of religious scriptures.

 

[ranjeet]

For those who might want to question the source...

RSS: Secularism irrelevant in India | The Indian Express

Nothing wrong in what he said, the word secular was shoved in our constitution unilaterally during emergency.

 

[Osiris]

Nonsense!

Now these communal jokers in chaddis want change Indian flag also!!

 

[HariPrasad]

Saffron = Valor
White = Peace
Green = Prosperity
Ashok Chakra = Principles of Governance of King Ashok ( correct name Dharmachakra).

In parliament , behind the speaker's chair, it is written that Pravartanay Dharm Chakram.

 

[ravi kiran]

I totally support this. color of Our national flag should be turned saffron.