'I'm an RSS member, ready now to go back': Retiring Calcutta High Court judge Chitta Ranjan Dash
Chitta Ranjan Dash, who retired on Monday as a Calcutta High Court judge, said he 'owes a lot' to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
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Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash of the Calcutta High Court on Monday revealed that he is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It was his last day as a judge.
The RSS is a Hindu right-wing organisation. It serves as the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Most of the senior BJP members, such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Deputy PM Lal Krishna Advani, and former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi were RSS members before joining BJP.
Revealing his association with the RSS, Dash said that he was unfolding his “true self” to the people. He added that he has been a lifelong member of RSS and he is now ready to return to the organisation upon his retirement.
“Today, I must unfold my true self. I owe a lot to an organisation…I am there from my childhood till I attained youth…throughout my youth. I have learnt to be courageous, upright…(have) equal view for others, and above all, the sense of patriotism and commitment to the work, wherever you work…To the distaste of some persons, I must admit here that I was, and I am, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),” said Dash, according to The Indian Express.
