By PTI
New Delhi: The RSS is not creating a Hindu nation because India has always been a Hindu nation, its top functionary has said while asserting that non-Hindus are no different as all have the same ancestry and DNA.
“There was British Raj here, right? It was British Raj… Then also, this was a Hindu nation. It was not British nation,” the RSS general secretary told PTI in an exclusive interview.
He said there are multiple religious groups in the country, who are often described as minorities, and none of them are second-class citizens.
“Even within the RSS, there are a number of people who are from these religious groups and who are Sangh Swayamsevaks. They are not showpieces for us,” he said.
He was asked how he would assure the minorities that they are safe in India when the RSS talks about Hindutva or the Hindu nation.
Hosabale said these questions have been asked umpteen times since the founding of the RSS 100 years ago.
“When people say there is a fear, I ask what has happened? Has the Muslim number come down? “Whether they had to flee? Whether they are treated as second-class citizens,” he said.
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