Senior RSS member Dattatreya Hosabale (BCCL file photo)

NEW DELHI: In an apparent reference to controversial comments by BJP functionaries like Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Pravesh Verma in the wake of the anti-CAA campaign, RSS has expressed strong reservations against the language and expressions used and reminding them of the virtues of modesty and restraint.

Senior Sangh functionary Dattatreya Hosabale on Friday said Lord Ram is remembered as “Maryada Purushottam”, only because he maintained modesty even in the language he used. Though he did not take names, the RSS joint general secretary called for decorum in language in social and political life. Speaking on the second day of “Ayodhya Parv” here, Hosabale said it is ironic that the whole world bows to Lord Ram but devotees in His own country had to wait for long for a government order to initiate construction of the temple.

The comments came in the context of the Supreme Court deciding the long pending litigation last year. “We must maintain modesty in social and political life... this was the message of Lord Ram too,” he said, sending across a message that the actions of a section of BJP members, accused of making inflammatory speeches, have not gone down well with the Sangh.

“Lord Ram was “Maryada Purushottam”and he maintained maryada (civility) in language too. His message in today’s context is that one should not speak whatever comes to mind ... rather one should be careful in the language,” he said at the meet organised by Ayodhya MP Lallu Singh. “One should maintain civility in social and political life. This is the message of Lord Ram,” Hosabale said.

Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had on Thursday made it clear that the top BJP leadership does not approve of statements made by Mishra, Thakur and Verma, who have been cornered for their speeches.

