Mother Teresa Did Social Service But Her Motive Was Religious Conversion: RSS Chief

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat has raised serious question on the intensions of Mother Teresa and the services she rendered to the poor and destitute people of India. And with that statement, he seems to have given rise to another controversy. RSS has refused to buy the belief that Bhagwat has criticized the Nobel laureate who devoted her life to serve the poor of the nation.

The RSS Chief was addressing a function of a local NGO in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. He said that no one can deny or undermine the services that she did, but there was an aim behind the services rendered, an aim to convert people to Christianity.

"People like Mother Teresa did good work and service. But the aim was to convert the poor to Christianity. This kind of service is devalued if conversions are done in the name of service or work," Bhagwat spoke.

Senior Congress leader and former CM of the state, Ashok Gehlot has called the statement 'unfortunate'. "She left her country and spent her life to provide service to the poor. It is really a very unfortunate statement," Gehlot responded. 

Rajasthan state Congress president Sachin Pilot also vehemently condemned the statement, he said, "By giving these kinds of statements, they are trying to create a religious divide. Mother Teresa comes from which religion does not matter, what matters most is the service she provided to the poor." 

After the RSS Chief came under fire from all quarters, the RSS came in his rescue and said that the statement was misinterpreted and was taken out of the context.  

"Media reporting wrongly. At Bharatpur Ex-DG BSF said that Mother Teresa did Seva with motive of conversion," said a tweet on RSS' official Twitter handle.

Born on 26 August 1910 as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Macedonia, Mother Teresa came to India in 1929. She an Indian citizen in 1948 and remained one till her death in 1997. She was awarded the India's highest civilian award 'Bharat Ratna' in 1980 for her contribution in the field of social work. Mother was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1979 in recognition of her work "in bringing help to suffering humanity."

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