Bhagwat additionally urged folks to go to the organisation’s places of work and ‘shakhas’ to know its work, in order that the notion of the organisation as “anti-Muslim” could be dispelled.
Stressing that India is a “Hindu nation,” Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday stated that no constitutional approval is required as it’s the “truth”. Addressing an occasion marking 100 years of the RSS, Bhagwat stated that India is, and can stay, a Hindu nation till Indian tradition is appreciated within the nation. “The Sun rises in the east; we don’t know since when this has been happening. So, do we need constitutional approval for that too? Hindustan is a Hindu nation. Whoever considers India their motherland appreciates Indian culture, as long as there is even one person alive on the land of Hindustan who believes in and cherishes the glory of Indian ancestors, India is a Hindu nation. This is the ideology of the Sangh,” he stated on the ‘100 Vyakhyan Mala’ program of RSS in Kolkata.
“If Parliament ever decides to amend the Constitution and add that word, whether they do it or not, it’s fine. We don’t care about that word because we are Hindus, and our nation is a Hindu nation. That is the truth. The caste system based on birth is not the hallmark of Hindutva,” he added. RSS has all the time argued that India is a “Hindu Nation,” given the tradition and majority’s affiliations to Hinduism. However, ‘secular’ was not initially a part of the Preamble of the Constitution, but it surely was added together with the phrase ‘socialist’ by the Constitution (forty second Amendment) Act, 1976, through the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Bhagwat additionally urged folks to go to the organisation’s places of work and ‘shakhas’ to know its work, in order that the false notion of the organisation as “anti-Muslim” could be dispelled. Bhagwat stated that individuals have understood that the organisation advocates for the safety of Hindus, and are “staunch nationalists,” however not anti-muslim. “If there is a perception that we are anti-Muslim, then, as I said, the RSS work is transparent. You can come anytime and see for yourself, and if you see anything like that happening, then you keep your views, and if you don’t see then you change your views. There is a lot to understand (about RSS), but if you don’t want to understand then no one can change your mind,” Bhagwat stated. “After seeing, people have said that you are staunch nationalists. You organise Hindus, and you advocate for the protection of Hindus. But you are not anti-Muslim. Many people have accepted this, and those who want to know more should come and see the RSS for themselves,” he stated.
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