The group’s common secretary Dattatreya Hosabale mentioned the RSS is a “strong supporter” of reservation and it’s a instrument of affirmative motion and it ought to proceed so long as a selected part of the society experiences “inequality”.
Underlining that the historical past of India can be “incomplete” with out the historical past of Dalits, Hosabale mentioned that they’ve been on the fore of social change.
He was talking at an occasion organized by the India Foundation for the discharge of a e-book titled “Builders of Modern Dalit History”.
“The history of India is no different from the history of Dalits. Without their history, the history of India is incomplete,” Hosabale mentioned. Talking about reservation, Hosabale categorically said that he and his group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are “strong supporters of reservation.”
He additionally mentioned, “Social harmony and social justice are not political strategies for us and both are articles of faith for us.” Describing reservation as a “historic necessity” for India, Hosabale mentioned, “It should continue as long as inequality is being experienced by a particular section of the society.”
Describing reservation as a instrument for “affirmative action”, Hosabale mentioned that reservation and reconciliation (amongst all sections of society) ought to go hand in hand.
He additionally mentioned that it could be unfair to name the personalities who lead social change within the society as “Dalit leaders” as they have been the leaders of all the society.
“When we discuss various aspects of SC and ST sections of the society, certain aspects like reservation definitely come to the fore. Me and my organization are strong supporters of reservation for decades. When there were anti-reservation protests in several campuses, we passed a resolution and organized a symposium in support of reservation in Patna,” Hosabale mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
