Gyms on Panchayat Land in Haryana to be Used for RSS 'Shakhas'
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 IST
New Delhi: Haryana chief minister M.L. Khattar may have raised objections on the use of ‘public spaces’ for namaz, but the BJP-led state government headed by him seems to have no issues with the RSS expanding its footprint by using government gyms made on panchayat land to hold shakhas to propagate ‘Hindu’ culture and ethos in rural areas.
At the inauguration of a state-sponsored gymnasium in Panchkula recently, Haryana agriculture minister Om Prakash Dhankar recently announced that the state government planned to set up gymnasiums on two-acre panchayati land in every village where the youth can practise yoga, wrestling and games like volleyball and kabaddi and also do some weight training, according to a
report in India Today .
Earlier, State education minister Ram Bilas Sharma had also said that gyms being set by the government would also be used as RSS units. In fact, Dhankar was asked the question in that context, the report aid.
Meanwhile, more Haryana ministers have backed Dhankar, making clear the Haryana government’s push for the expansion of the Rahsriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the state. Food and supplies minister Karan Dev Kamboj said “Shakhas don’t indulge in any activity which prohibits gyms from being used as RSS units. I don’t think there is anything wrong in using gyms as shakhas. RSS shakhas have been in existence since 1925.” Incidentally, RSS shakhas are an all-male
Thereafter, yet another minister jumped up in support. Sports and youth affairs minister Anil Vij said, “Out of the target of setting up 1,000 gymnasiums, 300 have already been opened. We are in the process of hiring yoga trainers. Besides that, the youth will be trained in kabaddi, wrestling and volleyball,” adding that “What’s wrong in RSS holding shakhas there?”, the India Today report said.
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