It may be recalled that former Navy chiefs Admiral L Ramdas (Retd), Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat (Retd), Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), Admiral RK Dhowan (Retd) and Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi (retd) were among over 100 bureaucrats, journalists, lawyers, and economists who addressed a letter to the President and PM on December 31.“We are seriously perturbed by the content of speeches made during a three-day religious conclave called a Dharma Sansad [religious parliament], of Hindu Sadhus and other leaders, held at Haridwar between 17-19 December 2021,” the letter read. “There were repeated calls for establishing a Hindu Rashtra and, if required, picking up weapons and killing of India’s Muslims in the name of protecting Hinduism,” it added.The signatories warned that calls for violence can embolden external forces amid the current situation at the country’s borders. “The unity and cohesiveness of our men and women in uniform, including the Central Armed Police Forces and police forces, will be seriously affected by allowing such blatant calls for violence against one or the other community in our diverse and plural society,” the letter said.
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