RSS opposes National Water Policy draft

--Suresh Joshi re-elected as All India General Secretary of RSS

BHUBANESWAR: Rastriya Swayamsebak Sangha (RSS) opposed the draft of National Water Policy- 2012 of the Central Government and Pratinidhi Sabha of the Sangh alleged the Government is going to privatise the water resources of the country with the help of this policy, informed General Secretary of Utkal Pranta (Odisha chapter) Rabinarayan Panda at a Press meet here on Tuesday.

“The Government should regulate all the water resources in the country. We oppose the water policy and strongly protest privatisation of water resources of the country which will affect the farmer community of the country,” Panda said.

Leaders of the Sangh said the proposals in the new draft on water policy regarding increase in water and electricity tariffs in the name of rationalising consumption of water and also making it cost based, will only make water scarce for ordinary people and will pave the way for earning massive profits by the corporate engaged in water trade.

“Water distribution in the hands of private monopoly in the name of public-private partnership, indicates the intentions of handing over this vital basic necessity of life totally in the control of private ownership and to a large extent foreign multi-national corporations,” members of the Pratinidhi Sabha said in the meeting of Akhila Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) of RSS which was held at Nagpur for three days from March 16 to 18 recently.

In the ABPS meeting, Suresh (Bhayaji) Joshi has been reelected as Sara Karyabaha (All India General Secretary) of RSS. As per annual report RSS has at present 40,891 numbers of Sakha, 8508 weekly meet and 6445 Sangha Mandali (Monthly Meet) throughout the country. Further 200 model villages, 600 cattle houses and 1, 60, 000 seva project of education and vocational centre have been run by RSS in slums, rural and tribal areas of the country, the Sangh informed in the meeting.