Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman and head of Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday said there are 4500 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists working in Kashmir at the behest of different organizations to change the religious demography of the state.
“There are around 4500 RSS workers, 20 to 40 NGOs and around 50 people posing as Ulemas that are working in Valley under a hidden agenda to divide Kashmir on religious lines,” Mirwaiz said while addressing a press conference at Mirwaiz Manzil.
Many people who call themselves as Ulemas are trying to divide Kashmiri people by pursuing RSS agenda, he added.
“Using the name of Islam these groups are actually strengthening the roots of RSS here and create a religious disharmony in the valley,” he said.
Mirwaiz said head of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind Molvi Suhail Qasmi, Mohammad Sajid, Mohammad Afzal, Riyaz Ahmad are working on the directions of communal groups like RSS in the valley. He said there are 800 such groups in India out of which 20 to 40 have been established in Jammu and Kashmir.
“It is highly that RSS is using its auxiliary Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) and allied groups such as Daryaganj-based Jamaat Ulema-e-Hind and a network of NGOs to further its agenda in Kashmir,” he said.
“RSS has a long-term interest in fracturing Kashmiri society, preventing a cohesive Kashmiri voice and creating confusion and discord within the society,” he said.
Mirwaiz urged religious organizations, clerics and scholars to make people aware of this ploy and ask them to remain cautious.
“PDP government should come clear on whether it has entered into an agreement in this regard with the BJP in the common minimum programme. We want to ask the state government whether it is helping the RSS and other outfits in fulfilling their nefarious designs. These outfits have made their agenda clear through media,” he said.
‘Fake Ulemas pursuing RSS agenda in Valley’
