Aurangzeb not relevant today: RSS speaks on violence in Nagpur

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The RSS stated that Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, whose tomb was at the center of the Nagpur clashes, is not relevant today and that any form of violence is harmful to society. Over 30 people, mostly police personnel, were injured in the communal clashes.

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00:00The RSS now has spoken out over the Aurangzeb controversy and sent across a very clear message

00:06that they don't approve of this war debate over Aurangzeb now. The RSS in their messages sent

00:12has said very clearly that Aurangzeb is not relevant today and this kind of violence is

00:18unhealthy for society. A very important message that's come in from the Sangh and perhaps a

00:24message to their own as well as BJP Netas have also been resorting to making provocative

00:30statements against Aurangzeb. The RSS says look Aurangzeb is not relevant today. It doesn't

00:36matter what he stood for, what he did, the atrocities that he committed. He's simply

00:40not relevant today because this happened centuries ago. The Sangh saying any form of

00:45violence is unhealthy for society. Will this now lead to you know all of the tempers being

00:53particularly from you know those affiliated with the RSS who also made provocative comments on

01:00Aurangzeb who've demanded that the Aurangzeb tomb be removed. The RSS says look let's not

01:06focus on Aurangzeb. It's not something that's even relevant today. This is the statement that's

01:14coming from the Sangh even as in the last many weeks we've been seeing all sorts of comments

01:19over Aurangzeb that's also in fact added to this fire in Nagpur because even today you've

01:28had comments from the likes of Nitesh Rani who said bring down the Aurangzeb tomb in the manner

01:32that Babri Masjid was brought down. These are provocative comments that shouldn't be made

01:37at such a sensitive time and that's why with the RSS sending across a message it's important to

01:42put the spotlight on this. The Sangh has said Aurangzeb is not relevant today. We shouldn't

01:47be focusing on Aurangzeb, on the Mughal emperor centuries after the atrocities that he committed

01:54and most definitely shouldn't be the spark for any sort of violence. The Sangh saying very clearly

02:00that any form of violence is unhealthy for the society. Now this particular comment coming in

02:06from the RSS even as we've seen plenty of such comments by Netas linked to the RSS demanding

02:13the demolition of Aurangzeb tomb and what not. Himanshu Mishra is joining us with more details

02:18on this. Himanshu tell us what was the message of the Sangh on Aurangzeb?

02:43For the society.

03:13The Sangh's message is that Hindutva shouldn't be seen as a political agenda.

03:20And Sunil Ambedkar also wanted to say the same thing that Aurangzeb is not relevant.

03:25If you have faith in your religion or religion, then you should focus on that.

03:31This violence is also not good for the society. In a way, the Sangh is very clear on many issues

03:38especially Hinduism and the process of finding temples in mosques.

03:43Mohan Bhagwat is focused on this. He has already given a statement on this.

03:48Okay Himanshu, thank you very much for joining us with those details. The RSS is saying

03:52that look this entire Aurangzeb debate is not relevant today and therefore perhaps sending

03:57across a message to BJP Netas too who've been indulging in this whole demolish the tomb

04:02and such messages saying it's not important. Violence is something that cannot be tolerated

04:07in society right now.

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