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| RSS Chief's Speech Broadcast on Doordarshan, Provoking Objections
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| INDIA
, 3-October-2014
5:0:2 AM |
| The opposition has objected strongly to the national broadcaster, Doordarshan, telecasting this morning's speech by Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, to the organization's cadres.
The RSS is the ideological parent of the ruling BJP; it describes itself as a cultural outfit devoted to the betterment of the nation and upholding Hindu values. The opposition, which describes the RSS as anti-secular, said the telecast of the speech amounts to misuse of state television by the government.
"It is a news event for us and that is why we covered it like any other newsworthy event," said Archana Dutta, a top official at Doordarshan.
The opposition vehemently disagreed. "DD is run by public money. So how is government using it to broadcast the RSS Chief's speech?" said
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Rashid Alvi of the Congress. "The RSS uses the occasion to propagate its Hindutva ideology," said the CPI (M) declaring Doordarshan "has no business" in broadcasting the speech.
The BJP's Shaina NC defended the broadcast, stating, "I am glad that this speech has been highlighted and people realise that if there is one cadre in the country today that has genuinely contributed to patriotism and nation-building, it is the RSS."
The annual Vijaya Dashami or Dussehra speech by the RSS chief has never been telecast before by Doordarshan. The address articulates the organization's vision and agenda for its 4.5 million volunteers, who played an invaluable role in the electoral victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May, who was an RSS volunteer for many years before joining the BJP.
After the BJP swept the election, RSS leaders denied that the organisation would be a "remote control" over the new government, but a strong role referred to as "advisory" has been underscored by two senior RSS leaders, Ram Madhav and Shiv Prakash, being deputed to the BJP
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