Kolkata: Former Maharashtra inspector general of police S M Mushrif termed the BJP s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as India s top terrorist organisation, notes media reports.
The former Maharashtra IG claimed that RSS activists have been indicted in at least 13 terror cases across India.
“RSS activists have been chargesheeted in at least 13 cases of terror acts in which RDX has been used. If organisations like Bajrang Dal are taken into the account, then the number of such cases goes up to 17,” Mushrif said at an event in Kolkata.
“The RSS is India s number one terrorist organisation, there is no doubt on this,” said Mushrif, referring to the 2007 Mecca Masjid bombing in Hyderabad, the 2006 and 2008 Malegaon blasts in Maharashtra and the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings among others.
Mushrif, however, asserted that “saffron terror” had no bearing on which party was in power.
“The RSS as a terror organisation has nothing to do with political power. It is immaterial which party is in power. It is the system that is working, it s the Brahminical system. And when I say Brahminical, it doesn t mean the Brahmin, it s the mentality, the attitude to dominate and oppress,” he said.
However, Mushrif was not in agreement with the view that intolerance was rising in recent times. “Intolerance has been going on for a long time. There have been many severe bigger incidents earlier, I don t understand why it is being highlighted now,” he asked.
Mushrif, along with national award winning music director and former Trinamool Lok Sabha member Kabir Suman, was speaking at an event to commemorate Karkare s martyrdom.