Jack Dorsey CEO of social media giant set out to donate $2.5 million out of a total of $15 million (around Rs 110 crore) to RSS-linked Sewa International known to be the American arm of Sewa Bharti, a welfare organization affiliated with the right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).<\/p>\n
Dorsey\u2019s statement defines Sewa International as \u201ca Hindu faith-based, humanitarian, non-profit service organization.”<\/p>\n
According to Friedrich, UK human rights outfit Awaaz South Asia Watch, in a 2004 expos\u00e9 claimed that Sewa International\u2019s \u201cmain purpose is to raise funds for and support a distinct family of organizations associated with the extremist RSS\u201d.<\/p>\n
Pieter Friedrich a freelance journalist specializing in the analysis of South Asian affairs revealed the history of Sewa International in an article. \u00a0Madhukar Deoras, the third chief of the RSS, founded Sewa Bharati in 1989 as a service \u2014 or welfare \u2014 wing of the RSS.<\/p>\n
\u201cSewa International was subsequently started to absorb the Indian Diaspora (NRI) worldwide. The US branch \u2014 the recipient of Twitter\u2019s largesse \u2014 was registered in 2003 to serve as part of the \u2018larger movement that started in India in 1989\u2019 under Deoras,\u201d writes Friedrich.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs per Awaaz, both Sewa Bharti and Sewa International \u2018are dedicated to building a Hindu nation based on Hindu extremist ideas, glorifying the RSS, recruiting for the RSS, and expanding RSS physical and ideological training cells (shakhas) in India\u2019,\u201d reveals Friedrich.<\/p>\n
Dorsey\u2019s donation of money to Sewa International drew hostility on social media, with dozens of Twitter users taking to the microblogging platform to criticize the move.<\/p>\n
Pieter Friedrich:\u00a0 The fact that Sewa International is a wing of the #RSS, an Indian paramilitary that’s accused not only of pogroms against minorities but of also possibly using funds raised by groups like Sewa to help finance its violence, didn’t make you stop & think before donating to them?<\/p>\n
\nThe fact that Sewa International is a wing of the #RSS<\/a>, an Indian paramilitary that's accused not only of pogroms against minorities but of also possibly using funds raised by groups like Sewa to help finance its violence, didn't make you stop & think before donating to them?<\/p>\n
— Pieter Friedrich (@FriedrichPieter) May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n