[Here is a response to the comment by Sylvie to the comment posted yesterday on this blog. I publish it as it is, without any editing]
1 July. The article on the RSS taking Meghalaya children to Karnataka came out on the front page of Shillong Times yesterday June 30. Today in the same paper the RSS denied of transporting Khasi and Jaintia children to karnataka. The RSS spokeman for North East, Shankar Das Kalita said in a statement that, “The RSS disowns sending students to karnataka because RSS never runs schools, hostels and colleges anywhere. RSS runs only Shakhas (unit) of the organization”. He also said, Sending students to Karnataka where the Khasi-Jaintia students got admission do not belong to to RSS. They are run by different trust, mutts, private agencies and government,…
Mr. Kalita das also disowns Tukaram Shetty. He said that Tukaram Shetty was expelled from the organization in 2005.Is this not a lie?
This is the tactic of the RSS. It is the Sangh’ ways of confusing people. The double speak-double-face of the RSS. It is not the first time that the RSS disowns their misdeeds and individuals who are indoctrinated to commit crimes. The RSS can cheat the simple Khasis and Jaintias who are un aware about the Shakhas, mutt, trust… and the alied organizations, private agencies that Shankar Das Kalita speaks about. The Khasis and Jaintias do not even understand what the words Shakhas, mutt, trust… mean.
It is high time for the Tribal of North East to think and look beyond their boundaries so that we are aware of the happenings around and not just believe and trust whatever, whoever comes with sweet words and show kind deeds because such individuals or organizations may be wolves in sheep clothing.
I have been following the comments on this and just thought I would add my two bit about the RSS response (the full text of the statement that was sent to me directly is available online http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/rss-disowns-sending-students-karnatakatehelka-report-baseless)
The statement falls flat on several grounds but to share just one of these – all the interviews with cadres of RSS and its affiliate organizations were held on the premises of their organizations. The cadres were manning telephones, maintaining account books, etc so to claim that they were not part of the organizations is next to impossible.
We are carrying a fuller response in this week’s issue of Tehelka.
By: Sanjana on 2 July 2009
at 3:55 pm
Thank you Sanjana. It takes harder work to bring the truth to light. Liars will remain liars unless they are exposed and cornered. Unfortunately the North Eastern people are unaware of such duplicity of the RSS because they are too simple and they do not know who is who and what they are doing. people just listen with un biased mind and swallow down everything without any doubt. This is the state here.
In The Shillong Times, Letters to the editor dated July 6. former RSS Organizing Secretary, Garo Hills) Grant Road Mumbai – 3 denied facts which are visible to blind people.
Please read Letters to the Editor, The Shillong Time, July 6, 2009 ‘Why the Double Standards?’
By: Clarence on 6 July 2009
at 8:45 pm
We who belong to another plane simply feel frustrated to see such callousness of those in authority in Meghalaya who should be delving deep to get to the roots and truth of the matter and deal with the child trafficking bussiness seriously and immediately before it is too late.
I am grateful to Tehelka for exposing the truth about “child trafficking” in Meghalaya in the name of free education. It is chilling!The people collaborating with the RSS are brainwashed.
By: Silvie on 6 July 2009
at 9:09 pm