Exploiting ethnic strife in Assam RSS sees opportunity to expand its influence

From: Daily Mail

Exploiting ethnic strife: RSS goes fishing in troubled waters

PUBLISHED: 22:54 GMT, 19 August 2012 | UPDATED: 22:54 GMT, 19 August 2012

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is fishing in troubled waters once again.
Sensing an opportunity to expand its influence, the RSS has instructed its cadres across the country to use the ethnic strife in Assam and the threats to people from the North-East in other parts of the country to mobilise public opinion.
According to sources within the RSS, the plan is twofold: to expand the RSS base in the north-eastern states, an area where its influence has been limited so far, and to foster a communal polarisation in rest of the country.

RSS cadre use Assam ethnic strife to mobilise public opinion

The task of exploiting the issue has been assigned to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students' wing of the BJP. 'We have asked the ABVP to protect people from the North- East,' Sushma Swaraj had said last week.
The ABVP has already provided 34 helpline numbers for north-eastern students in various parts of the country. However, the ABVP's efforts aren't entirely targeted at people from the North-East but are also aimed at a show of strength in Muslim-dominated areas.

RSS cadres use Assam ethnic strife to mobilise public opinion

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