Defending Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks about Mother Teresa, Shiv Sena today said he had spoken the “bitter truth” – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already come out in support of teh beleaguered RSS chief.
“The objective of missionaries who came to India has been to convert people here to Christianity,” an editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana said.
“Muslims forced religious conversions with sword… Christians did it with money and in the guise of service,” it alleged. (Read what Robert Vadra has to say on this controversy).
“Mohan Bhagwat has done national service by speaking the truth on what missionaries do,” the Sena said.
“We have respect for the work mother Teresa did. Several social figures have done such service. However they did not carry out religious conversions,” it said.
“What the RSS chief has said will give boost to the ‘ghar wapsi’ campaign. We congratulate him,” Shiv Sena said referring to VHP’s programme to “reconvert” people into Hinduism.
Mohan Bhagwat has come under fierce attack from Christian institutions.
