RSS and its allies never ever try to take credit for the good work done by them. They are always one of the first to reach whether it is Bhuj earth quake, Tsunami or any rail accidents.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:00 PM, MURALIDHAR IYER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Interesting > > msi > > *Kishore Asthana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > Hi, > > Many of us think that the RSS and all its affiliates are evil incarnate. > Off and on we hear about the Saffron Brigade and the RSS Parivar 'goons' in > the press. Sometimes these reports are correct and justified and sometimes > they are incorrect and hyped up, but remain uncorrected later. The press > seldom mentions the good work often done by these so called "Saffron goons'. > > > During the terrorist attack, many of Mumbai's citizens showed an exemplary > spirit of helpfulness and courage. The Sangh Parivar volunteers were also a > part of this effort, though we have not heard any mention of these in any > press report or TV program. I would like to forward the press release by the > Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Mumbai regarding the work done by Sangh volunteers in > helping those who needed assistance, regardless of religion or caste. (I > have no intention of starting an exchange of emails on the demerits and > 'evil acts' of the Sangh Parivar starting with "yes, but.......) > > KA > ------------------------------ > Vishwa Samvad Kendra's press release: > > *1. GT Hospital**: * This hospital was also targeted by terrorists. > Initially injured police personnel who were deployed around the hospital > were brought into the hospital. Later on the other injured personnel were > sent to BombayHospital. > > a. Number of Volunteers: 15. The only volunteers to reach the hospitals > at night were Sangh volunteers and Shiv Sena. > > b. Nature of work: First aid and primary care for injured, informing > relatives of the injured people. > > c. Volunteers arranged tea for all the police personnel and their > relatives at 2 am. > > d. Volunteers distributed drinking water bottles immediately to the > police and other agencies. > > e. Doctors and police were seen working in coordination with Sangh > volunteers > > *2. JJ Hospital:* > > > a. Initial volunteers 15. Total Sangh Parivar volunteers: 125. > > b. Nature of work: Blood donation, help in emergency ward, coordination > with various agencies, information passing to families of the injured, crowd > control, helping police keep law and order in general public. > > c. Total 200 bottles of blood were collected. 125 bottles were collected > from Sangh volunteers > > d. 10 volunteers helped nurses, doctors and physicians in Emergency > wards > > e. Volunteers helped in informing family members about injured people, > coordinating with police for such work. > > *3. Mandavi Area (Near Masjit Railway station and Sandhurst Road Railway > S**tation):* Due to the attacks, all train services were stopped > immediately. > > a. Volunteers: 65 > > b. Thousands of passengers were stranded in trains. Sangh volunteers made > food and stay arrangements for passengers stuck between Masjid Bunder > Station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. Stay arrangements for about 120 > passengers was made at the RaghunathMandirTemple. Separate arrangements were > also made for ladies. For all these passengers and commuters, food expenses > were borne by the volunteers themselves.Volunteers went to the railway > station and informed all passengers about the arrangements made for them. > > c. There were several passengers bound for destinations outside Mumbai > in long distance trains. Sangh volunteers made transport arrangements to > take them up to Dadar station. > > *4. **St.** **George** **Hospital** :* > > Blood donation was not required here but several volunteers from > Kolaba Machhimaar Nagar distributed food packets to Police. On 26th and 27th > November, about 225 packets of Pulav were distributed to injured people and > their relatives. The next day, on 27th November, volunteers distributed 500 > packets of Pulav at JJ Hospital and at St.GeorgeHospital. > > *5. **Bombay** **Hospital**: *Injured Police and foreign nationals were > admitted here. Some seriously injured were also brought here. > > On 27th November, on receiving information from the hospital, > volunteers from Nana Palkar Rugna Seva Samiti and Vila Parle chapter of > Sangh arranged for blood donation. 30 people participated in the donation > drive. This included 3 ladies and rare blood groups such as A (-ve) was also > collected. > > *6. Nariman Bhavan:* > > During the attack on Nariman Bhavan, some local residents tried to > defend and repel the attackers. In the process, BJP volunteer Harish Gohil > was hit by terrorist bullets and died. Terrorists also lobbed grenades on > the crowd. In the grenade attack, BJP leader Prakash Surve was injured. > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thatha_patty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
