RSS accuses Mamata government of encouraging Jihadi groups
March 21, 2017 22:29
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today accused the Mamata Banerjee government of encouraging "Jihadi" groups and anti-national elements in West Bengal due to what it called TMC's Muslim vote bank politics.
It also expressed concern over the "declining" Hindu population in the state.
A resolution adopted at the three-day meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the RSS' top policy making body, condemned the extremist violence.
"This (decline in Hindu population in West Bengal) is a matter of serious concern to the unity and integrity of the country," RSS Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said while briefing reporters about the deliberations.
The resolution said the ABPS strongly "condemns the violence by extremists and the Muslim appeasement policy of the state government and calls upon the countrymen to create awareness against the Jihadi violence and the communal politics of the state government."
Hosabale said after partition, the Hindus from East Pakistan were forced to seek refuge in West Bengal.
It was not surprising that due to such large influx, the Hindu population in the state, which constituted 78.45 per cent in 1951 had declined to 70.54 per cent as per the 2011 census, he said.
According to 2011 census data, Hindus constituted 70.54 per cent of the population compared to 72.47 per cent in 2001. Muslim population rose to 27.01 per cent from 25.25 per cent during the period under comparison.
The meeting also called upon the state government to rise above "petty vote-bank politics" and discharge its constitutional obligations, Hosabale said.
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