The bigger anguish is that Hindus don’t unite ! - H.H. Dr. Jayant Athavale

The Following interview of Sanatan Sanstha's founder H. H. Dr. Jayant Athavale was taken by 'Daily Saamana' regarding the issue of Margao, Goa Blast and alleged involvement of Sanatan in it by Congress Government and Goa Police !

Sanatan Sanstha has been targeted by the Congress government in Goa after the bomb blast incident in Goa. Efforts were made even in the past to implicate Hindu organisations in many cases. However, the police fell flat on their face, as they could not find solid evidence in any of the cases. Even after that, their activities to target Hindu organisations at the instruction of the government, are still going on. Here is a forthright interview from Sanatan Sanstha’s founder Dr. Jayant Athavale on why this is happening, what is the fact in the Margao case, and whether Sanatan is involved in it.

Question : What activities (karya) does ‘Sanatan Sanstha’ undertake?

Answer : ‘Sanatan Sanstha’ is an organisation working in the spiritual field. Like other spiritual organisations Sanstha does spiritual activities like organising satsangs, balsanskar varg and also social activities like health camps, offering clothes to needy students, etc.

Question : Pro-Hindu organisations are being drawn into the Thane, New Mumbai, Pavel, Malegaon and now Goa bomb blasts. Why is the government doing this without solid evidence?

Answer : The effort is on to show that terrorism is not only brought about by the minorities (of India), but also by the majority (Hindus). Has the government, which is calling the Hindu organisations ‘terrorists’, ever conducted transparent investigations in cases like the Bofors weapons’ scandal, massacre of Sikhs in Delhi, where the government itself was the accused ?

The root of all problems in the nation is ‘vote bank politics’. ‘Perform anti-Hindu acts and earn the votes of the minorities’ seems to be the stance taken in this sort of politics. Of course, all the politicians involved in this variety of politics are acting under different garbs like that of communism, socialism, secularism. They will obviously behave like this. I am not surprised that the snake is spitting venom. However, I am surprised that, pro-Hindu people are not uniting on the issue of Hinduism, when there are so many attacks on Hinduism today.

Question : Do you feel that it is a crime to live as a Hindu in Hindusthan (‘The land of Hindus’ – India)?

Answer : Secularism has become a curse for Hindus. On the very day of Diwali, the highest Dharma Guru of Hindus, Jagadguru Shree Shankaracharya Swami Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi Kamakoti Peeth was arrested, but no government has the courage to explain the language of law to the Imam Bukhari, who talks about war against the nation.

In Hindusthan, democracy exists for everyone else, but for Hindus living as Hindus, the treatment that has to be endured by them is that of the ruthless Mughal (Muslim invaders who raped and pillaged India) regime. Open denigration of Hindu Deities, riots instigated by purposely inciting Hindus during their festival celebrations and on top of that, the protection provided by the Congress (India’s ruling party) government to all those who do this, are examples that it has become a crime to live in Hindusthan as a Hindu.

Question : Why is it that the government pampers Kasab, who attacked our nation (through the Nov 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack), but targets those working peacefully for nation building?

Answer : The answer to this question is, by pampering Kasab the math of vote bank becomes stronger. In the current situation, to do the work of nation building, first the terrorism unleashed by the minorities needs to be overcome. All the organisations have now realised the truth in this.

However, the communists and secularists are afraid that this increasing awareness among the nation-lovers will badly affect the collective votes from the minorities. Therefore, now the path of labeling the nation-loving organisations as terrorist outfits and then shutting their voice by banning them, is being followed.

Question : The Police have not yet given any report in the Goa blast. Then how is it that Sanatan’s name came up suddenly ?

Answer : Within one hour of the Margao blast there were flashing news reports of Sanatan Sanstha being behind this blast. The investigating agencies in Goa have tried to pin the blame on Sanatan, by jumping to the conclusion that, since Malgonda who died in the blast was a Sanatan seeker, he was surely behind the blast. But at least collect initial evidence proving that Malgonda has done this blast before arriving at this conclusion ! The rulers, investigating agencies and media are working with the attitude that whatever they say is right.

Question : The home minister of Goa, Ravi Naik is at the forefront in defaming Sanatan. Is there any politics behind this ?

Answer : Yes, of course ! The investigating team confiscated the documents of Sanatan’s transactions of the last 10 years. What is the relationship between the blast and Sanatan’s transactions of the last 10 years ? Secondly the police confiscated Sanatan’s books. Do Sanatan’s books teach how to produce bomb blasts ? In addition, they are also checking if we have the permissions for the construction of the ashram building. How are these permissions related to the blast ? When Sanatan is being trapped from all sides, only a few organisations like the Shiv Sena and the Sriram Sena have rushed to help. It is definitely sad that anti-Hindus blatantly carry out anti-Hindu activities, but it is sadder still that Hindus fail to unite.

Question : The police fell flat on their face without evidence in the Malegaon blast case ! Will the same happen this time too ?

Answer : Yes, exactly the same thing will happen ! Sanatan’s innocence will be proved in this case, but the question is not only about proving the innocence of Sanatan. The unnecessary mudslinging on Sanatan has caused irreparable loss to our mission ! Who will compensate for this loss?

Question : There is talk about a ban on Sanatan. The socialists are especially pushing that agenda. What would you say about that ?

Answer : We should understand that this battle is not merely between the socialists and Sanatan, but it is between Dharma (Righteousness) and Adharma (Unrighteousness). They demand a ban on Sanatan, but to put a ban at least some crime has to be committed ! Even last year big leaders in Maharashtra were shouting about putting a ban on Sanatan, but then finally what happened ? The Anti-Terror Squad of Mumbai had to accept that Sanatan Sanstha was not guilty in any way in the Thane blast. It will be no different this time !

Question : What will be your stand if the decision of banning (Sanatan) is taken?

Answer : Even if there is a ban, spiritual activities at the personal level will certainly continue. However, I feel that, if one Pro-Hindu organisation is banned, then other organisations should put up such a movement that they dare not ever ban another Hindu organisation.

Source: Daily Sanatan Prabhat