Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today clarified that a statement by its chief Mohan Bhagwat had been misrepresented. In a speech at Muzaffarpur in Bihar yesterday, Bhagwat spoke about the military-like discipline among the RSS cadre.
"Bhagwat ji had said that if a situation arises and the Constitution permits, Indian Army would take six months to prepare the society whereas Sangh swayamsevaks can be trained in three days, as swaymsevaks practise discipline regularly," said the RSS in a statement. It said that Bhagwat never made a comparison between the capacity of the army and the Sangh swaymsevaks.
"This (Bhagwat's statement) was no way a comparison between the Indian Army and the Sangh swayamsevaks but it was a comparison between general society and swayamsevaks," said the statement, adding, "Both are to be trained by the Indian Army only."
The RSS chief was in Muzaffarpur yesterday to address the workers at Zila school ground on the last day of his six-day visit. "Sangh will prepare military personnel within three days which the Army would do in six-seven months. This is our capability. Swayamsewak will be ready to take on the front if the country faces such a situation and Constitution permits to do so," PTI had quoted Bhagwat as saying in his speech.
