RSS general secretary says India is a \'Hindu Rashtra\'

New Delhi: Asserting that the term “Hindu Rashtra” was a “cultural concept” which does not need to be established under the Constitution, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Tuesday said that India was a “Hindu Rashtra”. The senior RSS leader also reacted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s latest attack on the Sangh, and asked him to be “more responsible.” On other issues, the RSS said that it agreed with the Centre’s view on same-sex marriage submitted before the Supreme Court, adding that in the RSS’ view marriage can take place only between two people of opposite genders. Responding to questions on Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in the UK, the RSS leader said: “Those who converted India into a jail have no right to comment on democracy in the country.” On the ongoing same-sex marriage case in the Supreme Court, the RSS leader said: “Marriage can take place between two opposite genders. In Hindu life marriage is sanskar, it is not for enjoyment… two individuals marry and have a family for the benefit of society… marriage is neither for sexual enjoyment nor is it a contract.” On the question of the Sangh’s outreach to Muslims, Hosabale said RSS leaders are meeting Muslim intellectuals and their spiritual leaders on their invitation only. The ABPS, which had passed a resolution on Monday on India’s development mission following “swa”, passed two resolutions on the 350th year of the establishment of “Hindavi Swaraj” by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the 200th birth anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand, on which the RSS said “a true tribute can be paid to Maharishi Dayanand only by building a cultured vibrant society filled with the sense of ‘self’ and freeing the society of untouchability, addiction and superstitions.”