[Marxistindia] Condemn RSS Sarsanghchalak's Speech

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 29, 2025

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Condemn RSS Sarsanghchalak's Speech

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns
the speech made by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. His remarks reflect the
RSS's disregard for the Indian Constitution and are in violation of the law
of the land.

 

In his three-day address before a select audience in Delhi, Mohan Bhagwat
attempted to reignite the Mathura and Kashi disputes. He demanded that
Muslims 'give away' the mosques in these two places as a precondition for
'brotherhood'. After the demolition of the Babri Masjid, an act in which the
RSS was involved, the Parliament passed a law prohibiting the alteration of
any religious site that existed before 1947. According to this law, the
status quo must be maintained in both Mathura and Kashi, as well as in all
other places of worship, despite claims being made by majoritarian communal
forces. Such demands are aimed at provoking communal passions, diverting
public attention, and polarising society along religious lines.

 

The RSS chief is raking up these divisive issues in order to shield the BJP
government from public anger ahead of the upcoming elections. It has long
been the practice of the RSS and its affiliated organisations to incite
communal divisions whenever they seek to distract people from their
worsening economic conditions. With higher US tariffs, a weakening economy,
growing attacks on peasants and workers, and mounting proof of electoral
malpractices and manipulation, the public is increasingly getting
disillusioned with the BJP-led government, seeing its failures more clearly.

 

The CPI(M) calls upon the people of the country to remain vigilant against
the divisive policies of the RSS. The unity and integrity of India are of
utmost importance and must be safeguarded at all costs. To achieve this, it
is urgently necessary to build broad-based resistance by uniting all
sections of the people.

 

 

Muralidharan

(For CPI(M) Central Committee Office)

 

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