THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has lashed out at the centre’s decision to name RGCB’s new campus after RSS ideologue Golwalkar. Earlier, the chief minister has written to union minister Harsh Vardhan to repeal the decision, the harsh criticism comes following this.

The centre is misusing a premier research institution for cheap political gains. It is part of a purported attempt to divert people’s attention from the LDF government’s pro-people policies and political discussions. What contribution has Golwalkar given for the development and progress of science? Golwalkar is a person who asked the people to fight for their religion and not against the British. Pinarayi also said in his Facebook post that Golwalkar who woked as the Sarsanghachalak of RSS until 1973 has never hoisted the national flag in the RSS headquarters on independence day.

The chief minister also alleged that Golwalkar through his ideology has told the Hindu majority population in the country that minorities are the internal enemies of this country and they must be exterminated. He earned the ‘Guruji’ post of RSS, by advocating the maintenance of caste system and all kinds of reglion-sponsored ill practices even in democratic India. He even ridiculed the concept of universal equality enshrined in our constitution.

Golwalkar who told that Indians have a lot to learn from the Jewish holocaust in Germany led by Hitler also stood against the basic tenets of Indian constitution. Therefore it is a great irony to give his name on an institution which functions under the constitution.

The chief minister also told that the centre must think about how naming an institution, meant for the collective good of mankind after a person who is known for his inhumanity, ignorance and anti-scientific stand would affect our country’s image before the world.