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Hi there..
The Maha Kumbhamela today
in Allahabad became
the venue for politics..
At the Vishwa hindu parishad
Dharm sansad being
held at the Kumbh today,
members of the Sadhu samaj
came out in full support of Narendra Modi
as prime minister..
And in a significant endorsement
RSS chief Mohan Bhagvad
also praised Narendra Modi
and the Gujarat model
of development..
Should the Kumbhmela
a site of faith..
a place of united
colors of India,
be used to play politics..
thats our face the nation debate..
First to report from CNN-IBN,
Shreya Dhoundial
who is at Kumbh..
A day after he virtually launched
himself in the national arena..
Addressing students at
Delhi university..
Far away in kumbh..
support for Narendra Modi
at VHPs dharm sansad..
Thou no formal announcement
was made by the
congregation of saints
and religious leaders…
it was RSS chief Mohan Bhagvad’s
blessings which assumed
political significance..
The dharma Sansad
thou meeting to discuss
non-political issues including
Ram temple and hindu terror..
has this time assumed
clear political over tones..
Should the sadhu samaj play
a role in politics?
Should the sadhu samaj
endorse Narendra Modi?
Should the Sadhu Samaj say
agar Ram janma bhoomi banega
toh Narendra Modi hi banayega..
Should that..
Should that kind of message
come out at a gathering
of spirituality of many different
faiths where people come in
meditation where people come in prayer..
Should the sadhus in
that gathering er..
perform a political role..
Sagarika ji..three points..
One..if you look at the
history of India,
all our acharyas said there
are two dimensions to our faith..
One is spiritual and the other is social..
I mean social not political..
But there is a spiritual and social
dimension to..all our melas..
Is that not the reason why..
er..Ganesha was dressed in..
er..Subhash Chandrabose’s icon..
when Tilak was doing
the Ganesha utsav..
Because it is also..er..
its also daivikatha..
or godliness plus dheshiyatha..
plus nationalism..
thats one..
Second point..
even thou they don’t er..
take active political role..
if you check the
independence history of India..
we can see sadhus and fakirs
coming together for sanyasi rebellion
against the British..
you can either interpret it
as a political ploy or you can
say it is national freedom struggle..
it has you know
rashtru nirman or rashtru mimamsa
at its heart..
And the third point..
Even thou one particular
camp or one particular party
need not be endorsed..
some policies and
some positions can be told.
The sanadan is all inclusive..
that sanathan which even..
Akbar who built such a
massive fort here..
at Allahabad..
he wished to communicate
and what did he communicate?
He communicated that
inclusive philosophy of India.
What is that inclusive
philosophy of india?
That one should be
peace with all..
and harmony with all..
Rahul Easwar let me get
you to respond to that..
When a spiritual place
becomes a political place..
Then aren’t you doing a
terrible disservice to the pilgrims..
How would you like it for example
if Sabarimala becomes
a place of politics..
If er..
if er..
if political parties came to
Sabarimala and performed competitive
rallies.. how would you..
how would that..er..
damage this spiritual core of Sabarimala..
Exactly..exactly..
Sagarika ji..
I agree with your point..
But if I’m serious
please listen to this very carefully..
I know we are..
we are totally..
you might know..
we first go to a mosque..
ritualistically we have to first
go to a mosque before
coming to a temple..
But when some political parties
when they are in power..
then they said Sabarimala
is not even a hindu temple..
we are left helpless..
we are left alienated..
The majority of India
always believe in secularism
and will believe in secularism..
But there are some parties
on the other side..
who has the arrogance
and audacity to say Ram didn’t
exist and give that affidavit
to Supreme court..
The normal hindu..
the normal hindu feels alienated..
and if that normal hindu
goes to a political party..
goes to any political party..
you cannot blame that normal hindu.. so you are sying that religious..
Soi don’t make a normal hindu you are saying that hindu religious
feel insecure..
forward for a cause Bharath
So you are saying
always got a new vision and new life..
So a lot of positive responses
to the sadhu samaj’s involvement
in politics and what is wrong if
the sadhus come out and
get involved in politics..
Yeah Sagarika..
what Rahul is saying..er..
about the politics and the sadhus..
Actually it is a kind of
politics Mahatma Gandhi was pursuing
and the sadhu about who..
about whom he is talking..
they were not talking about
the literal politics..
they were talking about the
politics of chains..
politics of social chains..
politics of the nation making..
Rahul..
you want to come in..
Sagarika ji..
the most religious man in
the past century was the
most secular man..
And he was the most political man..
He was the father of
our nation..
Mahatma Gandhi..
He believed in Ramarajya
and said this ramarajya
is kingdom of god..
This ramarajya is
the same as Prophet
Mohammed Nabi Sellalahu Alaihi Vasallam’s
kingdom..
So religion and politics..
you know..
you should not be that..
we need not be that afraid
about that thing..
and remember..
it was a asdhu and a
swami who was the
father of the notion of
modern India..
it was Swami Vivekananda..