Fight for your rights: RSS chief to women

Vijay Deo Jha RANCHI Monday, September 15, 2008

It was a rare occasion of the Maatri Shakti Sammelan organised by the Seva Bharti on Friday at Harmu ground in the State capital. The sprawling ground became a thrust ground of women empowerment.

More than 20,000 women associated with different self-help groups of the Seva Bharti took the lesson of Indian brand of feminism from RSS chief KC Sudarshan and Sadhvi Ritambhara, a vocal exponent of firebrand Hinduism.

While addressing the conclave Sudarshan appealed the women to rise to the occasion to fight for their cause. He noted that India and Hinduism were always liberal and supportive to the cause of women. However, the follies which cropped out of some historical reasons, made a permanent abode in our social life. Taking a dig at the socio-economic development he said that till a large number of women remains out side of the preview of the social development, it would not solve the purpose.

Praising the initiatives taken by the Seva Bharti Sudarshan said that the organisation was silently playing a crucial role of the economic empowerment of women which will pave the way of their social emancipation.

True to her style and spirited speech Ritambhara said that women were far ahead of men in every term but they were kept in the cage of backwardness by some social vested interest. The only thing the Indian women have to do is to realise their potential. Taking a serious note of feticide she squarely blamed those women for creating sex imbalance who were indulged in this act. To her the television shop operas and serials were nibbling the very essence of Indian culture.

In her hour long speech she also touched the core issue of terrorism and the controversy over the existence of Lord Ram. Questioning the efficiency of the central UPA in taming terrorism she blamed the Congress and the UPA for forfeiting the national security for vote bank politics.

"The SIMI desperados are wreaking havoc while the UPA Government still finds no proofs against the jehadi groups. No different rule can exist in India if we are to save India", said Ritambhara. The occasion was marked with the usual saffron hue and Shobha Yatra were carried.