MANAGLURU: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi on Saturday exhorted the central management committee and the board of trustees of Vishwa Hindu Parishad meeting in the city to create a harmonious society by ending the feeling of high and low within the society. Talk of superiority in terms of birth in Hindu society today is not right because a person's superiority is based on karma , Joshi averred.

Pointing that somewhere our values have eroded, Joshi said there is also indifference towards the motherland, which is due to mere change of attitude. “For us, cow protection is not only animal protection. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi is a matter of self-respect for us,” he said, advocating need for a Hindu society that is empowered, honorable, cultured, awakened, gentlemanly, self-respecting and importantly full of scientific temper.

On the second day of the meeting, VHP resolved to create a strong and self-supporting India. Expressing concern over increasing rape and crimes against women in India, a comprehensive action plan was prepared to stop these incidents. VHP demanded that necessary amendments in Article 29 and 30 of the Indian Constitution be carried out to expand rights given to minorities, so that the discrimination between minority and majority could be eliminated.

In the second proposal on status of women in India, VHP stated that parents, academics, saints, social organizations, media, entertainment and advertisements world will have to take the lead along with a wide-ranging campaign to stop increasing crimes against women. VHP will accelerate the work of developing goodwill and family spirit in Hindu society through ‘Parivar Prabandan’ programmes.

Durga Vahini, affiliate of VHP will intensify its training programs across India for self-defense of women, while the Bajrang Dal through its diverse programs will motivate the youth to adopt a healthy attitude towards women and to prevent crimes against them. In the meeting, special issue on Dharm Jagran by fortnightly national revivalist magazine Hindu Vishwa was also released, Vijay Shankar Tiwari, media in-charge of VHP, stated.

