Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Friday sent out a strong message over the JNU sedition row asking the government to crack down on those indulging in "anti-national"activities in universities.
"We expect the central and state governments to deal strictly with such anti-national and anti-social forces and ensure the sanctity and cultural atmosphere by not allowing our educational institutions to become centres of political activities," the RSS said at the three-day brainstorming session of its top leadership.
The RSS questioned how slogans calling for breaking up the country could be allowed and how Afzal Guru, who plotted to blow up Parliament, could be honoured as a martyr.
In its annual report the organization also claimed that the "acceptance of the nationalist discourse" across the country has resulted in unease among "anti-national forces."
The meet of the top brass of BJP's idealogical mentor comes at a time the Narendra Modi government is facing flak over handling of the JNU sedition row and dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide.
The RSS also took a bold stand on allowing the entry of women at all temples saying the issue needed to be resolved through discussion and dialogue, and not through agitations.
"Because of some unfair traditions, at certain places there has been a lack of consensus on the question of temple entry," general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said in his address at the meet.
The reference was to the agitations led by Trupti Desai's Bhumata Brigade against the ban on entry of women into the inner sanctums of Shani Shingnapur and Triambakeshwar temples in Maharashtra.
The meeting of the Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha at Nagaur near Jodhpur is attended by top leaders of the RSS including its chief Mohan Bhagwat.
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