Politics

RSS doing its ‘job’ by raising temple issue: Kharge

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“It is but natural for them to raise such issues for polarisation of votes. RSS has always been with the BJP,” Mallikarjun Kharge said.

 

Nagpur| Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said Saturday that it is the “job” of the RSS to help the BJP by raising the pitch on Ram temple issue as elections draw closer.

Asked about the RSS taking out ‘Sankalp Yatra’ to press for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, Kharge said, “It is their job, elections are three months away”.

“It is but natural for them to raise such issues for polarisation of votes. RSS has always been with the BJP.

“It used to call itself a cultural and neutral organisation, but it is not a neutral organisation anymore. They are doing their job to help the BJP,” said Kharge, the leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha.

Earlier speaking at a programme organised by United Christian Congress, Kharge referred to a purported statement by BJP lawmaker Gopal Shetty that Christians did not contribute to the freedom struggle.

“I want to ask how many RSS or BJP people committed sacrifice for freedom. It is now important that all sections of society protect the Constitution to safeguard the fundamental rights,” he said.

“Hindu religion is for all and does not believe in attacking others. But a new Hindu philosophy is being pursued which is creating tension and division in society,” he said.

The Christian community has contributed a lot to nation-building through its work in education and health services, he said.

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Nepal wants to develop friendly ties with neighbours on basis of equality, justice: Oli

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Climate change has emerged as a major threat to humanity and we need to forge cooperation and collaboration to fight it back, Oli said.

 

Kathmandu| Nepal wants to develop friendly ties with neighbouring countries on the basis of “equality and justice”, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said Saturday while inaugurating a summit attended by countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including India.

The Asia-Pacific Summit 2018 organised by the South Korea-based Universal Peace Federation and supported by the Government of Nepal

will be attended by the leaders from the Asia-Pacific region, including India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan and the Philippines.

Climate change has emerged as a major threat to humanity and we need to forge cooperation and collaboration to fight it back, Oli said while inaugurating the four-day summit on the theme “Addressing Critical Challenges of Our Time: Independence, Mutual Prosperity and Universal Values.”

“Nepal wants to develop friendly relations with neighbouring countries on the basis of equality and justice,” said Oli and sought support and cooperation from friendly countries for establishing peace and stability and attaining prosperity.

The biggest challenge of our time is essentially the threat of terrorism and climate challenge, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda said and pointed out that these two are “posing threat to humanity irrespective of the national border, religion and gender.”

He called upon developed countries to extend financial assistance as well as technical support to mitigate the effect of climate change.

“All people in the world should live like a family as we all are the children of the omnipotent and omniscient God, so as to maintain sustainable peace and harmony in the world,” said HJ Han Moon, founder of Universal Peace Foundation.

A host of other prominent speakers, including state counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, Prime Minister of Cambodia ST Hansen and Vice president of Philippines Maria G Robredo and BJP leader Vijaya Jolly spoke on the issues of world peace, social justice, human values, universal brotherhood and climate change.

The summit will conclude on December 3 by adopting a Kathmandu Declaration.

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