Hindutva and Bharat are inseparable, says RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

Guwahati, Jan 22: “Hindutva and Bharat are inseparable. India will survive so long as ‘Hindutva exists’, said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohanrao Bhagwat here on Sunday.

Addressing a mammoth rally of swayamsevkas in uniform and RSS sympathisers in thousands at College of Veterinary Science Ground, Khanapara, the RSS Chief said that the world is looking at India with great hope to guide it on the path of peace and tranquillity.

This was the first rally of such magnitude organised in Assam ever since the RSS started its activities in this remote region in the mid-forties. Over 32000 swayamsevaks participated in the event donning the RSS uniform while some 40000 RSS sympathisers gathered to listen to the organisation’s chief. They came from nearly 90 percent of Hindu villages in the Brahmaputra Valley, Meghalaya and Nagaland comprising ‘Uttar Assam’ Region of the RSS system.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and several of his ministerial colleagues, ruling BJP MLAs, MPs, other noted politicians, heads of village bodies, 20 titular tribal kings — from the Karbi, Naga, Khasi, Hajong, Tiwa, Garo, Jayantiya and Mishing communities — and more than 10 Satradhikars of different Vaishnava Satras of Assam were among the dignitaries who attended the rally.

Welcoming the audience at Luitporiya Hindu Samavesh, as the event was named, Assam Sanghchalak Umesh Chakravarty recalled how in the initial days of the Sangh work in Assam people closed their doors for RSS swayamsevaks. Now the situation has changed and the same people welcome the RSS activists in their midst. The attendance in such a large number bears testimony to the change, he said.

“We must accept and respect diversity of all kinds”, he said adding that we have the uniqueness of this diversity bestowed on us by our motherland. Abundance of nature has made us open and broadminded which leads us to welcome more and more people, he said.

Pointing to Pakistan which was born because of the two-nation theory, the RSS chief said that Pakistan became separated from India because it did not believe in the essence of Hindutva.

The audience of 70000 plus drawn from Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley, neighbouring Meghalaya and Nagaland states listened to the RSS Chief with rapt attention. He said that the world is looking at India for a path towards inner peace and tranquillity.

He said, “Many countries have failed in finding a solution to oneness, brotherhood, peace, development and inner peace in the last 2000 years, but Bharat has the solution to it. It’s time for Bharat to guide others being the oldest nation in the world.”

As a nation state, we have the right to provide enlightenment to a struggling world. The time is ripe for it. It may seem difficult and impossible for some, but with effort and self-discipline, we can achieve these goals, the RSS chief said.

According to Bhagwat, the uniqueness of India lies in diversity of religion and different ways of life. “But at the core, our essence is all same. We need to seek happiness within. Even the illiterate people in India are wise enough to know this truth that many in the world fail to understand,” he said.

Bhagwat said the RSS’s strength is not to scare anyone or dominate anybody; rather it is for social causes.

“The Sangh’s strength is not to scare anyone or dominate anybody, it is for social causes. Don’t just remain a spectator, or a sympathiser, do come and learn the culture of the Sangh. Mothers and sisters need to send their sons to the Sangh’s shakhas and teach them our vision,” Bhagwat said by giving a clarion call to build a strong and beautiful India as he ended his speech.

Bhagwat said that Hindu culture has always stressed upon embracing all divergences of religion, ethnicity, food habits, ideologies and other differences among human beings and said that people practising different faiths and following different thoughts have lived in coexistence for millennia in this country.

“Existence of all languages, religions and communities are related with existence of Bharat... And this India gives the world a message, which is actually the message of humanity...,” he said.

He said that all Indians must strive to stand together to create an independent and strong society, free from hunger, poverty, deprivation and exploitation. “We have to stand up and create an exploitation-free and equal society. We will create one such land that will lead the world. All will cooperate with each other and move ahead in the life filled with creative aspect and humanity,” he said, adding, the Sangh, through its shakhas, has been extending a helping hand in this regard.

He said that all Indians must strive to stand together to create an independent and strong society, free from hunger, poverty, deprivation and exploitation. “We have to stand up and create an exploitation-free and equal society. We will create one such land that will lead the world. All will cooperate with each other and move ahead in the life filled with creative aspect and humanity,” he said, adding, the Sangh, through its shakhas, has been extending a helping hand in this regard.