[Marxistindia] Reject Desperate RSS-BJP's Efforts

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October 23, 2018
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
Reject Desperate RSS-BJP's Efforts
 
In its desperation to misappropriate icons of India's freedom struggle, the
BJP is now seeking to hijack Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as their idol. 
 
It is well-established that the RSS and its political arms had no role to
play in the Indian people's epic struggle for freedom from the British rule.
On the contrary, many of their activities complemented the British efforts.
In their effort to erase that ignominious role, they have sought to
misappropriate Sardar Patel and now Subhas Chandra Bose.  It was the Sardar
who banned the RSS after Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and it was Subhas
Chandra Bose, as President of the Indian National Congress, who banned the
dual membership of Congress and (what he described as) the communal
organisations like the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League. Both Sardar
Patel and Subhas Chandra Bose played an important role in mobilizing Indian
people to reject communal politics.
 
The RSS-BJP's effort to now misappropriate some icons of India's freedom
struggle will be rejected by the Indian people with contempt. 
 
 
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