New Delhi: Rejecting criticism that it was acting like a "remote control", the RSS said yesterday that the Narendra Modi government was on the right track and that three days of discussions with government leaders had been "very useful".
"Only 14 months have passed (since the government took power). There is more time and a lot more is to be done. Whatever has been done so far, the government's direction is fine, so is its dedication, commitment and thinking. Its achievements are good," RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said.
"There cannot be 100 percent satisfaction for everyone," the 59-year-old added.
The leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the Modi government had raised the aspirations and hopes of the people as never before and created a sense of confidence both within and outside the country. The RSS veteran, who interacts closely with the Modi-led government, rejected Congress criticism that the RSS was acting like a remote control of the ruling coalition.
"Those who remote controlled (the government) have no moral right to talk about remote control."
Replying to a question that ministers were violating the oath of secrecy by reporting to the RSS, he said, "We are not an illegal organisation. We are also citizens of the country.
"We have every right to ask ministers, who are also swayamsevaks. Swayamsevaks have become ministers."
Hosabale said he and his colleagues told the government that India needed to go for an economic model suited to it instead of aping the West which was facing a grave economic crisis.
On the construction of a grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Hosabale said the RSS only follows the footprints of Hindu religious leaders. IANS
