KOTTAYAM: Nair Service Society general secretary G Sukumaran Nair has rejected SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellpally Natesan’s call for a larger Hindu unity, stating that the NSS was neither for forming a political party nor for being part of a larger Hindu unity without effecting changes to the reservation formula.
In a statement on Monday, Mr Sukumararn Nair said the NSS “is non-political and in the imminent local body elections it would follow the policy of equidistance towards all political parties”. He said that NSS stood for rights of not only the Nair community but for the common benefit of society.
Mr Nair said that holding talks with other Hindu organisations for the larger unity and for the formation of a political did not match secular values upheld by the NSS.
He recalled the bitter experience of NSS earlier when there was a failed attempt to form a political party, National Democratic Party, which was an eye-opener. But he welcomed a larger Hindu unity to protect interests of Hindu communities.
“If such a move has to meet the desired results, NSS feels that the political parties should not interfere and other communities or religions should not feel threatened. But we had already stated that reservation status among Hindus should be settled as for years it has been delayed”, said Mr. Nair, adding that “it is against facts to say that we are working towards broader Hindu unity”.
