Citing a 1995 judgement by a Supreme Court bench on Hindutva, the RSS on Thursday said the term ‘Hindu terrorism’ was coined by certain sections with an objective to malign the image of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
While talking to media persons here on Thursday, RSS spokesman Ram Madhav told that to call Hindu a terrorist is a glaring contradiction. This term is floated only to malign this organisation.
“Since 2008, some members of the community have been arrested in at least five cases pertaining to terrorism “but as no charge-sheet is filed in any of these cases, none of the arrested persons could get bail,” Ram Madhav said. He said RSS has been working with a goal to ensure unity of the country.
He further said that former Chief Justice of Supreme Court Gajendragadkar in 1966 and Justice J S Verma in 1995 had explained in their detailed judgements that Hinduism is the way of life.
He said the matter might come up again before a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court in March this year. Ram Madhav's comments came days after jailed
RSS leader Swami Aseemanand, who is an accused in the Samjhauta Express and other blast cases, reportedly claimed in an interview to a magazine that RSS leadership had sanctioned these terror acts. RSS had dismissed Aseemanand's claims as concocted and also questioned veracity of the interview.