Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar Saturday condemned RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement at the World Hindu Congress in Chicago, US.
Speaking at the second WHC on Friday, Bhagwat had said that Hindus had no aspiration of dominance and the community would prosper only when it worked as a society.
“If a lion is alone, wild dogs can invade and destroy the lion. We must not forget that,” the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief had said.
“We want to make the world better. We have no aspiration of dominance. Our influence is not a result of conquest or colonisation,” he added. The WHC marks the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's historic speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1893 in Chicago.
Condemning Bhagwat's statement, Ambedkar, while addressing a press conference here Saturday, claimed that the “dog” reference was for the “Opposition parties” in the country.
“I condemn this 'mansikta' (mentality) of Mohan Bhagwat that he has referred to Opposition parties in the country as dogs,” Ambedkar said.
He said parties have come and gone out of power but this mentality indicated that the ruling dispensation thinks that the Opposition cannot fight them.
He claimed that it was this mentality that led to the imprisonment of RSS functionaries in 1949 by then deputy Prime Minister Sardar Patel.
The RSS members were released subsequently but the organisation has, ever since, been misusing its freedom, alleged Ambedkar.
“I believe people should rethink before bringing them to power again,” he said referring to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an affiliate of the RSS.
Ambedkar also took a swipe at the “Ajey BJP” (invincible BJP) slogan coined by the party at its meeting of national office-bearers and state unit presidents held in New Delhi.