Bharat has lost one of her greatest sons: RSS

Source: News Bharati English28 Jul 2015 14:41:07

Nagpur, July 28: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohanrao Bhagwat and Sarkaryawah Suresh (Bhayya) Joshi condoled the demise of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

In a condolence message that was released to the media today the RSS leaders said that in Dr Kalam’s death the country has lost one of her greatest sons.

Both Bhagwat and Joshi in a signed statement described Dr Kalam as one of “our foremost scientists and a visionary, who ignited innumerable minds, and as a scientist who had made seminal contributions to our defence preparedness, and as a statesman who made Bharat proud by enhancing the prestige of the President’s office through his exemplary conduct of the affairs of the presidency.

The release said that Dr Abdul Kalam's life, from obscurity as a small boy growing up in the temple city of Rameshwaram to becoming Bharat's eleventh president was a tale of extraordinary courage, determination, perseverance and the desire to excel.

His life story is as well the story of our missiles, Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul and Nag, that have raised our nation as one of the missile powers of international reckoning.

The RSS leaders said that Kalam had faith in Bharat's rich heritage and unswerving belief in our talented youth, and wanted Bharat to emerge as a knowledge society and empowered nation.

Both the leaders shared the sorrow and the grief with the entire nation over his death which they described as “insurmountable loss to our country”, and expressed “our heartfelt condolences” to his bereaved family and pray alimghty to bestow peace on the departed soul.

Tamil Nadu RSS condoles Dr. Kalam: Dr. M L Raja, Prant Sanghachalak of Tamil Nadu RSS expressed his shock over the sudden demise of Dr. Kalam at Shillong.

Describing Dr Kalam as “a great patriot, whose appeal to youth for national reconstruction has generated huge enthusiasm amongst them” Raja said that the nation has lost his beloved son”.

Though he was an achiever, he was very particular in highlighting the contribution by his junior colleagues. This great quality of his clearly brought out in his autobiography 'Wings of Fire', he said.

Raja further said that Kalam had emphatically established in his autobiography that India needed atomic weapons for its defence by citing the words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to the same effect, even while anti-national groups were propagating to the contrary.

A man of simple living and high thinking Kalam had a great respect for teachings of Bhagavad Gita as well as Thirukural. He enjoyed the swaras of carnatic music by being engrossed in playing the Veena. In the evening of his life, Kalam constantly tried to reach out to the next generation so that they can be inspired to dream of a glorious Bharat.