Bhagwat, RSS on same page as us on need for Hindu-Muslim reconciliation: Najeeb Jung | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
In an exclusive interview to The Indian Express, Najeeb Jung said Mohan Bhagwat's visits to mosques and madrasas in Delhi during the day also reflects that spirit.
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HomePolitical PulseBhagwat, RSS on same page as us on need for Hindu-Muslim reconciliation: Najeeb Jung
Bhagwat, RSS on same page as us on need for Hindu-Muslim reconciliation: Najeeb Jung
In an exclusive interview to The Indian Express, Najeeb Jung said Mohan Bhagwat's visits to mosques and madrasas in Delhi during the day also reflects that spirit.
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New Delhi | Updated: September 23, 2022 11:36:00 am
Former Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung. (File)RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat feels “a complete need for reconciliation” between Hindus and Muslims is imperative for India to march ahead, former Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, who was among the five intellectuals from the Muslim community who met Bhagwat last month, said on Thursday.
In an exclusive interview to The Indian Express, Jung said Bhagwat’s visits to mosques and madrasas in Delhi during the day also reflects that spirit.
He emphasised that Bhagwat and the RSS’s top leadership are also “on the same page that this cannot be allowed to continue”, and there should be steps to improve relations.
He said: “We came out with these words from the Sarsanghchalak (Bhagwat) that there is a complete need for reconciliation. He endorses this view…I am repeating his words that India has to go forward, and that can happen when there is reconciliation, when all communities go hand in hand. That is the clear message he gave us — not just a message, those were his words.”
Jung said he met Bhagwat two years ago as well but was unable to carry forward the dialogue process on account of the pandemic. So, “we thought this was the right time to go ahead,” he said. “We had very free and frank discussions on all kinds of things. Just singling out kaafir — or this, that and the other — will not be fair; it was a freewheeling discussion. I think he and the senior hierarchy of the Sangh are on the same page as us — that we need reconciliation and rapprochement; that this cannot be allowed to continue; and so steps should be taken to improve relations.”
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