{"id":175499,"date":"2025-10-02T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/175499\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:23:11","slug":"former-pakistan-cricketer-praises-rss-on-100th-anniversary-salute-every-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/175499\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pakistan cricketer praises RSS on 100th anniversary: \u2018Salute every volunteer\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published on: Oct 02, 2025 05:22 pm IST <\/p>\n<p>    Notably, the former spinner has often said that he faced discrimination in Pakistan and that his career was destroyed.     <\/p>\n<p>Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria on Thursday praised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the organisation celebrated its 100th anniversary. He said that the world needs more such organisations dedicated to social service without seeking recognition.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Danish_Kaneria_1759403965165_1759403976135.png\" alt=\"He said that the world needs more such organisations dedicated to social service. (X\/@DanishKaneria61)\" title=\"He said that the world needs more such organisations dedicated to social service. (X\/@DanishKaneria61)\"\/>   He said that the world needs more such organisations dedicated to social service. (X\/@DanishKaneria61)    <\/p>\n<p>The RSS was founded by Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar on the day of Vijayadashmi in 1925. To mark the organisation&#8217;s centenary celebrations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released a specially designed commemorative <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/bharat-mata-first-time-on-currency-as-pm-releases-coin-to-mark-100-yrs-of-rss-oppn-says-sectarian-agenda-101759331621069.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"postage stamp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">postage stamp<\/a> and coin recognising the Sangh\u2019s contributions to the country.<\/p>\n<p>     ALSO READ | <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cricket\/danish-kaneria-shreds-pathetic-pakistan-for-not-taking-responsibility-in-indias-handshake-snub-101758454956144.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Danish Kaneria shreds \u2018pathetic\u2019 Pakistan for not \u2018taking responsibility\u2019 in India&#039;s handshake snub\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Danish Kaneria shreds \u2018pathetic\u2019 Pakistan for not \u2018taking responsibility\u2019 in India&#8217;s handshake snub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kaneria, who was the second Hindu cricketer to represent the Pakistani national team, said in a post on X, \u201cThe world needs more organizations like RSS \u2013 dedicated to social service without seeking recognition. I\u2019ve seen their work across the globe: helping communities, supporting the needy, empowering youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo caste, no religion, no boundaries, just service. I salute every volunteer carrying this mission forward. #RSS100Years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the former spinner has often said that he faced <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/my-career-was-destroyed-danish-kaneria-pakistans-last-hindu-cricketer-opens-up-on-discrimination-101741825788345.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"discrimination\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">discrimination <\/a>in Pakistan and that his career was destroyed. He now lives in the UK and has even accused Pakistan of sheltering terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>After the Pahalgam terror attack, Kaneria praised PM Modi and criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for maintaining silence on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Pakistan truly has no role in the Pahalgam terror attack, why hasn\u2019t Prime Minister @CMShehbaz condemned it yet? Why are your forces suddenly on high alert? Because deep down, you know the truth \u2013 you\u2019re sheltering and nurturing terrorists. Shame on you,\u201d he had posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758915667_145_story_trending@2x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Home_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/\" data-vars-event-cta=\"News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"India News_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/india-news\" data-vars-event-cta=\"India News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">India News<\/a> \/ Former Pakistan cricketer praises RSS on 100th anniversary: \u2018Salute every volunteer\u2026\u2019   <\/p>\n<p> See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on: Oct 02, 2025 05:22 pm IST Notably, the former spinner has often said that he faced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,38594,78376,2321,78377,33278,78378,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-175499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-danish-kaneria","10":"tag-danish-kaneria-praises-rss","11":"tag-pakistan","12":"tag-pakistan-cricketor-praises-rss","13":"tag-rss","14":"tag-rss-100th-anniversary","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}