The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Condemn RSS Sarsanghchalak’s Speech
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the speech made by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. His remarks reflect the RSS’s disregard for the Indian Constitution and are in violation of the law of the land.
In his three-day address before a select audience in Delhi, Mohan Bhagwat attempted to reignite the Mathura and Kashi disputes. He demanded that Muslims ‘give away’ the mosques in these two places as a precondition for ‘brotherhood’. After the demolition of the Babri Masjid, an act in which the RSS was involved, the Parliament passed a law prohibiting the alteration of any religious site that existed before 1947. According to this law, the status quo must be maintained in both Mathura and Kashi, as well as in all other places of worship, despite claims being made by majoritarian communal forces. Such demands are aimed at provoking communal passions, diverting public attention, and polarising society along religious lines.
The RSS chief is raking up these divisive issues in order to shield the BJP government from public anger ahead of the upcoming elections. It has long been the practice of the RSS and its affiliated organisations to incite communal divisions whenever they seek to distract people from their worsening economic conditions. With higher US tariffs, a weakening economy, growing attacks on peasants and workers, and mounting proof of electoral malpractices and manipulation, the public is increasingly getting disillusioned with the BJP-led government, seeing its failures more clearly.
The CPI(M) calls upon the people of the country to remain vigilant against the divisive policies of the RSS. The unity and integrity of India are of utmost importance and must be safeguarded at all costs. To achieve this, it is urgently necessary to build broad-based resistance by uniting all sections of the people.