New Delhi: Days after the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh attempted to distance itself from the weekly Panchjanya after an article published on it criticised software giant Infosys, the organisation’s joint general secretary appeared to give the publication a rousing endorsement, saying that it is fighting the “dharmayudh“.“Panchjanya dharmayudh ka shankh naad hai (Panchjanya heralds the war of principles),” said Vaidya.On Monday, September 6, speaking at the inauguration of the magazine’s new office, Manmohan Vaidya went on to suggest that in such a war, sometimes “good people” have to be targeted because they are on the side of wrong.“You can have good people on the wrong side, and you will have to shoot your arrows aimed at them too. Nationalist viewpoint is gaining ground over forces inimical to India, but the war would go on for a long time,” he said.Former BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, along with key functionaries of the Sangh and BJP’s state unit, were present at the event, Indian Express noted in its report.A day before Vaidya’s speech, RSS’s publicity in-charge Sunil Ambekar had said on Twitter that Panchjanya is not the mouthpiece of the Sangh and the article published by it on Infosys only reflects the individual opinion of the author.Panchjanya and Organiser are both published by Bharat Prakashan and are believed to reflect the ideological views of the Sangh.“Panchjanya and Organiser have been raising issues of national interest and that is what they are known for,” Panchjanya editor Hitesh Shankar said. Express has also reported that the Panchjanya editor is a regular invitee to RSS’s annual Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) meetings – which see the highest level of deliberations in the organisation.In its issue this month, Panchjanya ran a four-page cover story on Infosys, ‘Saakh Aur Aghaat‘ (‘Reputation and Damage’), with a picture of its founder Narayana Murthy. The article attacked the Bengaluru-based company for glitches in the Income Tax and GST portals developed by the software firm.Also read: RSS Mouthpiece Attacks Infosys, Says Company Is Colluding With ‘Tukde Tukde Gang’The piece had also mulled as to whether any anti-national forces were trying to hurt India’s economic interests through Infosys and accused it of helping “Naxals, Leftists and the tukde tukde gang”.However, as The Wire has reported, “The magazine went on to add that it had no evidence to prove its allegations, which were made only on the basis of the company’s “history and circumstances”.”The article had drawn flak, and opposition parties had alleged that it was the “Sangh’s coordinated attack on India’s prized corporates”.Infosys is one of the biggest employers in the country. But several taxpayers have complained of glitches in the income tax e-filing portal it was commissioned to develop in 2019 and which launched on June 7, 2021. Noting the complaints, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had asked the company to fix the problems in the website by September 15.Ambekar had essayed a swift climbdown in the aftermath.“As an Indian company, Infosys has made a seminal contribution to the progress of the country. There might be certain issues with a portal run by Infosys, but the article published by Panchjanya in this context only reflects the individual opinion of the author.“Panchjanya is not a mouthpiece of the RSS and the said article or opinions expressed in it should not be linked with the RSS,” he had tweeted.(With PTI inputs)