The reason behind rape, illegitimate children and all other atrocities against women is the the "western" tradition of Valentine's Day, if RSS Leader Indresh Kumar is to be believed.
While addressing RSS volunteers on the completion of a training programme in Jaipur on Friday, Kumar said love holds "sacredness" and "piousness" in India, but the West has commercialised it and given birth to the festival of Valentine’s Day.
In India, love has been sacred and pious. It has been sung as the tales of Radha-Krishna, Laila-Majnu and Heer-Ranjha, but the western culture commercialised love and gave birth to festivals like Valentine’s Day, which is now responsible for problems like rape, illegitimate children and violence on women.
He added that the entire world is facing this problem today, and not just India.
Kumar also said that the RSS "purifies" the soul and the character of a person and imparts humane and moral values. He advocated the need for a similar movement to purify people.
A movement should be run for purification of people’s souls so that the society and the nation can progress.
Kumar also said the RSS is against untouchability and casteism.
"Everybody should pledge to contribute to eradicate such evils," he said.
He lashed out against all those raising issues of human rights of stone-pelters.
Our defence forces are targeted in Kashmir. Those who pelt stones and slaughter cows have no human or moral rights.
He expressed the same sentiment regarding beef-eaters and those indulging in beef parties, considering these acts to be “anti-humanity”, reported Times of India.
Those who are doing this (beef parties) are just a few among the population of 121 crore. They do not represent the opinion of the nation. Their act and those who support it are evils and against humanity. It is better that they should change their way.
He further urged people to boycott Chinese products during festival seasons, claiming that the sale of products from the country have affected jobs of three crore people in India.
(With inputs from PTI)
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