Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi president Thol. Thirumavalavan on Monday said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent statement that caste and varna were things of the past, and they must be forgotten going forward, was “extremely amusing and makes a mockery of the state of things”.
In a statement, Mr. Thirumavalavan said there cannot be a more staged spectacle than such a statement, as the Hindu society cannot function at all if it were to avoid caste and varna, as it has penetrated every aspect of life from beginning to end, from top to bottom in society, and forms a part of its lifeblood.
“In direct contradiction to reality, Mr. Mohan Bhagwat calls these powerful, contemporary practices of everyday life “things of the past” and holds that they can be forgotten. This is ridiculous and a sham attempt at trying to hide social realities — as we say in Tamil, this is like hiding an entire pumpkin in a morsel of rice, an impossible trick. This also creates a conjuror’s trick of making it appear as though people like us are going on about something which does not exist,” he said.
