New Delhi: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is all about self-discipline, self-respect, self-defence, self- reliance, social reform, social consciousness, social movement and selfless service.
While delivering the Nanaji Memorial lecture, Naidu said “From my association with RSS, I can assure that RSS is all about self-discipline, self-respect, self-defence, self- reliance, social reform, social consciousness, social movement, selfless service, all guided by the philosophy of supremacy of the nation,” recalling his association with the Right wing organisation.
“Even Mahatma Gandhiji had acknowledged the positive values propounded by RSS,” Naidu said while referring to Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to the RSS camp in 1930.
The former BJP leader said that Mahatma Gandhi found that volunteers were living and eating together in the camp without trying to know each other’s caste. He quoted Mahatma Gandhi as saying, “When I visited RSS camp I was surprised by your discipline and absence of untouchability”
Speaking on the controversy erupted after former President Pranab Mukherjee accepted RSS invite for its annual event, Naidu said ” I see no reason for anyone to have any objection with principles of RSS which are aimed at character development based on core ancient Indian ethos and values which advocated the philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ meaning the world is one family.”
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