RSS, Mohan Bhagwat and up to date remark about shared DNA of Hindus and Muslims: The Gandhian flaw of an org whose contribution is unparalleled

Mohan Bhagwat’s feedback concerning the widespread DNA of Hindus and Muslims (and ideas that the widespread heritage is sufficient for variations to soften away) should not the primary time such feedback have been made by the RSS chief. The digital rolling of the eyes and even mocking that adopted the newest statements are extra of a testomony to how a lot the common Hindu has awoken to the true plight of Hindus in India. The RSS dangers shedding credibility as the bottom beneath has shifted significantly, and additional tectonic shifts are on the horizon.
No sane Hindu can query the RSS’ contributions together with its typically quiet groundwork to assist the needy, stem the tide of conversions in tribal areas, and fill in for an absence of state capability in essential areas akin to training and well being. The RSS’ pan-India impression is second to none. The group has additionally labored tirelessly in direction of the reason for Hindu unity and has complimented the BJP’s electoral and political achievements. 
Having stated that, the constant references to the shared ancestry of Muslims and Hindus level to a Gandhian flaw in pondering. The historical past of man makes it clear that merely sharing DNA doesn’t imply sharing a standard imaginative and prescient for a nation. Innumerable wars have been fought by individuals who share the identical language, faith, and ethnicity. India’s historical past and even present-day circumstances make it clear that sharing the identical DNA doesn’t end in a standard individuals.
The existence and state coverage of Pakistan is a transparent instance, though we share the identical DNA as our neighbour. The RSS is painfully conscious of this reality, but continues to bend backwards to ideological opponents, with out anticipating something in return. The latter is the place Mohan Bhagwat missed a chance. He continues to err in solely calling out the supposed ‘extremism’ amongst Hindutva teams which solely serves in giving ammunition to the likes of Owaisi (on a aspect be aware, it’s a darkish comedy that Owaisi talks about secularism with a straight face whereas main a celebration for India’s Muslims). Owaisi pounced on Mohan Bhagwat’s assertion to position all extremism and communal points within the nation on the doorstep of the RSS, BJP and the Sangh.
Mohan Bhagwat is effectively inside his rights to sentence supposed incidents of mob lynching by ‘Hindutva’ teams but when all of us are certainly the identical individuals, what about asking one thing of the opposite aspect? What about asking our Muslim brethren to:
Blot out the utilization of the phrase ‘kafir’ which is hate speech in opposition to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and different dharmicsAcknowledge the true historical past of temple destruction and subsequent elevating of Islamic monuments for the easy objective of subjugating HindusShun bigoted Mughals akin to Aurangzeb and ask for the Muslim neighborhood to lend voice to renaming places and relocating tombs to construct museums that Document the atrocities dedicated by such rulersJoin fingers in getting a nationwide ban on cow slaughter. No Muslim is required to eat beef, and lengthening help to such a trigger will achieve innumerable goodwill with HindusAgitate for a Uniform Civil Code in order that all of us are seen as equal below the lawPut a cease to every day outwardly and inconveniencing habits akin to street namaz and loudspeaker azan, neither of that are inside the KoranCease conversions for the sake of marriage and as an alternative, register such interfaith marriages below the Special Marriages Act or the Hindu Marriage ActThe above are only a small pattern. While the RSS is a much-respected establishment and speaks with important authority, it dangers alienating the widespread Hindu who has woke up to the lie of ‘secularism’ the place calls for are solely product of the bulk whereas treating the fundamentalists inside the Muslim neighborhood with child gloves. It is barely a matter of time earlier than such Hindu voices take type into extra organized calls for and find yourself sidelining the Sangh.